Uduaghan reacts to ‘nullification’ of APC Delta South senatorial ticket

Immediate-past governor of Delta State and All Progressives Congress (APC) 2019 Delta South senatorial candidate, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has stated that an Abuja High Court never nullified his candidature and ordered the APC to conduct fresh primaries for Delta South Senatorial District.

The said court order followed a suit filed by AVM Terry Omatsola Okorodudu (Rtd) challenging the candidature of the former governor.

Uduaghan, in a statement by his media assistant, Monoyo Edon, on Tuesday, stressed that he was never aware of the case nor joined in the alleged suit.

The statement noted that the court had at no time ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove his name from the list of candidates in the 2019 senatorial election which holds this Saturday.

It reads: “The court had no time ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the name of Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan from the list of candidates in the election.

“Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has instructed his lawyers to take necessary legal steps on the matter, even as he enjoins APC party faithful and supporters to come out en mass to vote the party and all its candidates to victory in the elections.

“We wish to state categorically that His Excellency, Dr. Uduaghan remains the candidate of the APC for Delta South and we are confident of winning the election”.