Appeal Court Ends Discussion on Ibori's Daughter as Lawmaker
- A Lagos-based court of appeal has dismissed the appeals filed by the APC, APGA and NNPP against Ibori-Suenu Erhiatake, the daughter of James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State
- The court affirmed the decision of the Delta's national and state house of assembly election petition tribunal that upheld the victory of Erhiatake in the February 25 election
- Erhiatake is a lawmaker representing the Ethiope Federal Constituency of Delta State in the House of Representatives
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Ikeja, Lagos - The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s Ibori-Suenu Erhiatake, the daughter of James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State.
Ibori-Suenu Erhiatake is currently representing the Ethiope Federal Constituency of Delta State in the House of Representatives, Daily Independent reported.
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The former governor's daughter defeated Rolands Igbakpa of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Halims Ahoda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ogboru Michael Etabunor of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the appellate court.
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Justice Festus Ogbuinaya, Justice Senchi, and Justice Waziri delivered the judgement on Tuesday, November 7, in Lagos.
Ibori-Suenu is the daughter of a former governor of Delta State and leader of the PDP in the state, Chief Ibori.
Ibori's daughter commends Appeal Court judgment
In a press statement issued on Tuesday, Rep Erhiatake described the ruling of the court of appeal as a victory for God and her constituents.
She lauded the decision of the court of appeal saying democracy has come to stay.
Her father, former Delta state governor was earlier sentenced and jailed in the United Kingdom. Recently, he appeared before the London court for another crime bordering on corruption and money laundering.
On Friday, July 21, the PDP chieftain again had another case in London court where the judge ordered the confiscation of $130 million belonging to the Nigerian politician.
London court confiscates James Ibori's N101.1 billion
Legit.ng earlier reported that Ibori has been asked to confiscate his £101.5 million pounds or face eight years in jail.
The confiscated amount in naira is N101,143,847,363.27, which is one-nine of the amount that Nigeria's three tiers of government shared on Thursday.
Judge David Tomlinson of Southwark Crown Court of London in the UK, on Friday, July 21, gave the order.
Source: Legit.ng
