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Declare Omo-agege’s Seat Vacant, Organize Fresh Poll In 60 Days – Labour Party by Charidon: 8:18am On Mar 08, 2017
DECLARE OMO-AGEGE’S SEAT VACANT, ORGANIZE FRESH POLL IN 60 DAYS – LABOUR PARTY TELLS SENATE, INEC

‎The Labour Party has asked the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately declare Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s seat vacant, and to set in motion processes to organise election within the next 60 days as required by law.

This came in reaction to his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The call was made in a press conference held at the Labour Party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

According to the party’s National Public Secretary, Ebere Ifendu, the party planned to sue Senator Omo-Agege for subverting the party’s mandate by cross-carpeting to the APC.

It could be recalled that Omo-Agege had while declaring for APC at the plenary, claimed that his decision to leave the LP for the APC was supported by leaders and members of his constituents in Delta State.

However, Ifendu said an alleged division in the party was nothing but a figment of the senator’s imagination, adding that it was on record that the senator sponsored some hoodlums and non-party members to protest at the party office and later claimed to have removed the party leadership.

“As a party, we will challenge his decision to steal the mandate of the Labour Party through the back door in court. We hereby request the Senate President to declare his seat vacant and that INEC should immediately organise election within the next sixty days to fill the vacant seat as required by the law section 68 (1) and 190 of electoral law,” she said.

According to Ifendu, “it is most unfortunate that a person that is expected to be distinguished will go this far in order to subvert the will of the people through the sponsorship of thugs so he could carry out his illegal act of decamping.”

The party spokesperson recalled that the....more
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Re: Declare Omo-agege’s Seat Vacant, Organize Fresh Poll In 60 Days – Labour Party by Qmerit(m): 8:19am On Mar 08, 2017
Funny!!! Declare it vacant by who na?
Saraki who was a sinator under PDP and decamped to APC that year! Just forget that seat it's gone period.
Re: Declare Omo-agege’s Seat Vacant, Organize Fresh Poll In 60 Days – Labour Party by Blakjewelry(m): 9:08am On Mar 08, 2017
I wish Nigerians can do the right thing every once in a while
Re: Declare Omo-agege’s Seat Vacant, Organize Fresh Poll In 60 Days – Labour Party by idu1(m): 9:26am On Mar 08, 2017
You are joking right?
Re: Declare Omo-agege’s Seat Vacant, Organize Fresh Poll In 60 Days – Labour Party by kunlexy1759(m): 9:42am On Mar 08, 2017
Another political joke.

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