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Last Updated: Monday, December 13th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Supreme Court dismisses Okotie-Eboh’s appeal over Delta South Senatorial seat   By Rotimi Fadeyi, Senior Correspondent, Abuja   The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by Chief Joseph Adolo Okotie-Eboh challenging the eligibility of Chief James Ebiowo Manager to represent Delta South Senatorial District at the National Assembly. The apex court held at the weekend that the appeal of Okotie-Eboh lacked merit and therefore must be dismissed. Okotie-Eboh and Manager who were both members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State were prospective candidates for the 2003 general election to the Senate. While affirming the decisions of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court said that all the issues that Okotie-Eboh brought before it for determination had been resolved against him. The cross appeal filed by Manager challenging some issues raised by the Court of Appeal was also dismissed as being academic in nature but in all the entire appeal was resolved in his favour. Okotie-Eboh and Manager both contested for the PDP primaries in their district in which Manager was declared the winner of the primaries as he had the highest number of votes. But not satisfied with the result of the primaries, Okotioe-Eboh petitioned the PDP, saying that Manager was not qualified to have contested the primaries on the ground that he had been indicted by a Local Government Council Election Tribunal for electoral malpractice. The petition was considered by the Delta State electoral panel of the party, which upheld the petition and disqualified Manager while Okotie-Eboh was nominated as the party’s candidate for the general election. In disregard to the recommendation, the PDP submitted Manager’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as candidate foe the said election and he won.     Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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