The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State, has certified Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the Aniocha-Oshimili Federal Constituency House of Representatives election in 2023.
The tribunal ruled today, July 24, that the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) certification of the Labour Party's (LP) candidate, Ngozi Okolie, as the election's winner was invalid. Okolie was not officially sponsored by the Labour Party, according to the tribunal, since he was not a member of the party as of May 28, 2022, when the party's primary was held.
It therefore declared the runner-up in the February 25, 2023 National Assembly, Ndudi Elumelu of the PDP as the winner.