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Gbagi wins again as Counsel to Sacked SDP Chairman Ogbomade Withdraws Letter At Tribunal

Gbagi wins again as Counsel to Sacked SDP Chairman Ogbomade Withdraws Letter At Tribunal

The counsel to the erstwhile chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Delta State, Oke Idawene, one E.S Ogbomade Esq, has withdrew its letter of instruction to strike out the name of SDP as a petitioner in petition filed by the party’s governorship candidate, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi, before the Delta Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the State capital.

Idawene in a letter of instruction dated April 19th 2023, directed the lawyer that is unknown to the Social Democratic Party whom it described as an impostor to take steps and file the appropriate papers for the withdrawal of SDP and to strike out its name in the aforementioned petition.

At sitting on Monday May 15th 2023, to commence Pre-hearing, counsel, E S Ogbomade Esq informed the panel of Justices that he is withdrawing his application on the letter of Instruction he earlier filed before the tribunal.

The letter in the absence of objection from the counsel of the SDP flag bearer, Gbagi, was then struck out.

This is coming after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party, in a letter disassociated itself from the controversial letter, reaffirming in a letter jointly signed by the National Chairman and National Legal Adviser, Alhaji Musa Shehu Gabam and Aderemi A. Abimbola, respectively that Gbagi, remains the authentic gubernatorial candidate of the party in the March 18th 2923 general election in the State.

The counsel to the erstwhile chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Delta State, Oke Idawene, one E.S Ogbomade Esq, has withdrew its letter of instruction to strike out the name of SDP as a petitioner in petition filed by the party’s governorship candidate, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi, before the Delta Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the State capital.

Idawene in a letter of instruction dated April 19th 2023, directed the lawyer that is unknown to the Social Democratic Party whom it described as an impostor to take steps and file the appropriate papers for the withdrawal of SDP and to strike out its name in the aforementioned petition.

At sitting on Monday May 15th 2023, to commence Pre-hearing, counsel, E S Ogbomade Esq informed the panel of Justices that he is withdrawing his application on the letter of Instruction he earlier filed before the tribunal.

The letter in the absence of objection from the counsel of the SDP flag bearer, Gbagi, was then struck out.

This is coming after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party, in a letter disassociated itself from the controversial letter, reaffirming in a letter jointly signed by the National Chairman and National Legal Adviser, Alhaji Musa Shehu Gabam and Aderemi A. Abimbola, respectively that Gbagi, remains the authentic gubernatorial candidate of the party in the March 18th 2023 general election in the State.




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