Ogodo Heads to Supreme Court as Appeal Court Revokes His Chairmanship
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, Edo State on Friday, May 17, 2019, struck out the earlier judgement of the Federal High Court, Asaba, which sacked the Jones Erue-led state executive committee, nullifying the nomination of Chief Great Ogboru, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and other candidates nominated by the Erue leadership for the 2019 elections. Recall that Justice Toyin Adegoke, on March 18th, 2019 in her judgement, suit number FA/ASA/CS/76/2018, declared the plaintiff, Cyril Ogodo, as the authentic chairman of APC in the state, sacking the Jones Erue faction that produced Great Ogboru, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and others as candidate. The plaintiffs had sought 13 reliefs, among which is a declaration that the Ogodo-led executive committee was the authentic state executive of the APC, declaration that candidates who emerged from the primaries conducted by the Ogodo-led executive were the authentic candidates and the court granted all the reliefs sought by the plaintiffs. Jus