'I will appeal Tribunal judgment annulling my election' - LP’s Okolie

<h2></h2>, <h2>Mr Ngozi Okolie , member representing Aniocha-Oshimili Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, under Labour Party says he will appeal the tribunal judgment annulling his election.</h2>, <p>Okolie stated that he was dissatisfaction with the judgment and noted that time was getting closer when Nigerians would resort to native shrines to seek for justice because people no longer believed in the Judiciary.</p>, <span>Mr Ngozi Okolie , member representing Aniocha-Oshimili Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, under Labour Party (Credit: NAN)</span>, <p>Okolie made this known while addressing a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.</p>, <p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal, in a judgment on Monday, nullified the declaration of the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Ngozi Okolie, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of that election.</p>, <p>However, Okolie said that the judgment had no legal basis and pledged readiness to appeal the judgment. Okolie refuted the court judgement that he contested the election while in office as against the constitution, stressing that he resigned before thirty days to the election as enshrined in the constitution.</p>, <p>He noted that a recent court verdict in the Atiku vs Tinubu, APC, ruled that issues of candidacy were the internal affairs of political parties.</p>, <p>“Before I contested the Feb. 25th election, the People’s Democratic Party Government in Delta state which I served had stopped my salary which followed my resignation.</p>, <p>Okolie emphasised that the election that brought him into office was the most credible in the state since the nation returned to Democratic Government.</p>, <p>“I didn’t rig any election, God is my witness, people came out enmass to vote for me, I’ll beat my chest and say I am the only person in that constituency that have won without rigging” Okolie stated.</p>, <p>Okolie expressed dissatisfaction with the judgment and noted that time wa