Onazena Abbey, Benin
All Progressives Congress executive chairman, Esan North East local government, Edo State, Mr. Victor Emuankhagbon has been sacked by a High Court sitting in Benin city.
Consequently the court declared Mr. Peter Aguele as the duly elected chairman of the Council.
Aguele had in a petition challenged the conduct of January 24, 2018 local government primary election that produced the ousted chairman as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The elections were conducted March 3, 2018 by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission ( EDSIEC).
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Peter Aguele and Victor Emuankhagbon are both members of APC in the state.
Aguele, in the petition prayed the court to declare him as the duly elected party’s candidate in the election conducted through direct primary
In his verdict, Justice Daniel Okungbowa held that the petitioner is the rightful candidate of the party for the election, having emerged through the party’s direct primary.
He ordered that the respondent should stop parading himself as the elected chairman of the council, and that he should refund all the monies so far paid to him while in office as chairman of the council in the last two years to the treasury of the council.
He also ordered that the petitioner should be paid all the monies and entitlements due to him since 2018 as the rightful candidate and the elected chairman of the council.
Reacting to the judgment, Peter Aguele, who now takes over as the chairman of the council commended the judiciary for being the last hope of the common man.
Aguele also dedicated the victory to the people of Esan South-East local government and members of APC in the state and the local government.
