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BREAKING: Court Sacks PDP’s Delta South Senatorial Candidate, Ejele

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August 16, 2022

BREAKING: Court Sacks PDP's Delta South Senatorial Candidate, Ejele

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Information reaching our news desk has it that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has reportedly sacked the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for Delta South Senatorial District in the 2023 election, Evangelist Michael Diden, fondly addressed as Ejele.

Recall that the National Assembly candidate was dragged to Court over alleged forgery of his West Africa Examination Council certificate and his date of birth.

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In their earlier submission, they argued “we humbly refer my Noble Lord to Exhibits DD 1 which is a letter dated 28th June, 2022 from the West African Examination Council and states in the 2nd paragraph thus; “Our record shows that the date of birth of the candidate 4112012052, Diden Michael for May/June 1999 is August 16, 1978 and not June 26, 1963”.

Ejele, the former chairman of the Delta Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) polled 176 votes out of 272 eligible ad-hoc delegates accredited to participate in the party’s primary.

He beat former House of Representatives member, Hon. Daniel Reyenieju, a finance expert, Chief Oghogho Ayodele Ithihiwa and one-time Speaker of the state assembly, Rt. Hon. Kent Omatsone with a far distance behind with 48, 46 and 2 votes respectively.

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