JUST IN: Tribunal Sacks James Manager, Orders Fresh Election

-Delta Tribunal nullifies the election of Senator representing Delta south senatorial district, James Manager.
-The tribunal orders for fresh election within 90 days.

The Delta State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the state capital, on Saturday nullified the election of James Manager, lawmaker representing Delta South Senatorial district in the National Assembly.

The Former governor of the state and candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the February election, Emmanuel Uduaghan, in a petition filed by his lawyer, Thomson Okpoko (SAN), told the tribunal that the February 23 National Assembly elections in the district was marred by massive rigging and other irregularities.

Okpoko therefore, prayed the panel to cancel the election and order a fresh election within 90 days.

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