Barely two weeks before the local government council elections in Delta State, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) councillorship candidate has passed away.
Identified as Hon. Jumi Odaji, he was seeking a second term to represent Bowen Ward 20 (Agbassa & Alders Town) in Warri South Local Government Area in the upcoming July 13 local government election.
Odaji died on Thursday night, and the cause of his death remains unknown at the time of this report.
Meanwhile, some prominent Deltans have filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Asaba, seeking to stop the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) from conducting the July 13 local government election in certain council areas.
The plaintiffs, Denbo-Denbofa Oweikpodor, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, Arc Sylvester Adowei, Emmanuel Igetei, and Midwest Kukuru Esq., argue that the election should not proceed in Warri South, Warri South-West, and Warri North Local Government Areas.
The plaintiffs, acting on behalf of themselves and “the Ijaw people of the three LGAs of Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State,” filed suit no: FHC/ASB/CS/87/2024.
They seek a declaration that “The 2nd Defendant (DSIEC) cannot conduct council elections in the three councils of Delta State, without the 1st Defendant (INEC) establishing fresh polling units in compliance with the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Appeal No. S/413/2016: HON. GEORGE U. TIMINIMI & 9 ORS v. INEC delivered on 2/12/2022.”
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