Friday Osanebi
OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO
A High Court sitting in kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area has fixed Thursday, May 10, 2018 to hear the appeal filed for a stay of execution filed by Rt. HON. Friday Ossai Osanebi, Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly over its judgment on the 2015 House of Assembly election in the local government, in suit No. HCK/78/2017 between Mr. Ozegbe Lawrence v Hon. Friday Osanebi and two others.
Rt. Hon. Osanebi has filed an appeal asking the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of the lower court saying that the issues in contention as ruled by the lower court were not valid.
Hon. Ossai said the learned tTrial Judge erred in law when he held that he, Deputy Speaker, DTHA had no basic educational qualification to contest for the Delta State House of Assembly.
Hon. Ossai also stated, that the Learned Judge Trial Judge erred in law when he made an order declaring the plaintiff/ respondent as the winner of the Delta State House of Assembly election held in 2015, for the parliamentary seat of Ndokwa East Constituency.
According to him, the Learned Trial Judge erred in law when he held that the Deputy Speaker was in breach of the provision of Section 31 subsection five of the Electoral Act 2010 stating further that the certificate of the appellant were forged amongst other grounds duly stated.
The appellant by virtue of the appeal sought the relief of the court to set aside the judgment of the lower court and to dismiss the suit of the plaintiff before the trial court.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon Friday Osanebi, yesterday sat in the State Assembly’s plenary and requisitely participated in several legislative duties.
