The former Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has refuted Newspaper report that an Abuja High Court has nullified his candidature of the All Progressives Congress(APC) to run for the Delta South Senatorial zone in the general election, saying it is false and such News should be disregarded.
Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan who was formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but later decamped to the ruling party of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to achieve his ambition, will be battling another strong opponent in Senator James Manager of the PDP who is the person representing the zone at the National Assembly, as all eyes will be on that challenge.
The report just like Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan puts it, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Asaba Dr Cyril Omorogbe who spoke to Press, also said he is not aware of such Court judgement nullifying the former Governor.
Dr. Omorogbe said the court had at no time ordered the electoral umpire to delete Dr. Uduaghan’s name from the list of contestants in the election.
“I am only aware of the case of eight wards in Burutu that later came to 10. We have postponed the matter until after elections. I will not talk much about the court case in Ethiope West (involving Hon. Halim Agoda, a former member of the House of Representatives and Chief Edojah) until I get information from the high command of the commission. We are not aware of any other judgement”.
Uduaghan had through his Media Assistant, Monoyo Edon, debunked his disqualification and said he remains the authentic candidate for the Delta South senatorial election for the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday, this week.
Speaking further, the REC denied reports that his deployment to Delta was influenced by the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, stressing that he is not a staff under the APC chairman.