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Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has warned local government chairmen in the state against multiple taxations in order to reduce the burden of fuel subsidy removal on the people. The governor gave the warning on Wednesday when the state chapter of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Asaba.

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has nullified the election of Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party (LP) as the member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency and declared Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner. Daily Trust reports that Okolie was declared the winner of the February 25, 2023, federal legislative election by INEC with 53,879 votes to defeat his closet rival and then incumbent representative, Hon Elumelu of the PDP who polled 33,456 votes, and Tony Nwaka of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 11,712 votes.

The Justice A. Z. Mussa-led three-man tribunal held that Okolie was not duly sponsored by the LP as he was not a member of the party as of May 28, 2022, when the primary was purportedly conducted and that he did not resign from public office to contest the election. In a 107-page judgment that lasted over five hours, the tribunal disqualified Okolie and declared the runner-up, Elumelu, as winner.

 

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A thrift collector was on Monday crushed by an articulated vehicle loaded with sand on the Amukpe-Sapele road in Delta State. A witness said that the victim, who was riding a bicycle, was attempting to avoid collusion with a wheelbarrow pusher when the driver of the articulated vehicle who was on high speed ran into him from behind and crushed him and his bicycle.

He said the thrift collector went to the Amukpe market to transact his daily business with the traders and was on his way back home when the accident occurred. He, therefore, called on the Chairman of Sapele LGA, Eugene Inoaghan, and other relevant authorities to take immediate action to address the issue of roadside trading, especially near the market.