Omo-Agege Not An Ex-Convict, Court Rules

Relief may have come the way of the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege after an Abuja Federal High Judge, Justice Othman Musa on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed against him.

The suit was filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Patriotic Youth Organisation of Nigeria on the ground that Omo-Agege was not qualified to contest because he was an ex-convict.

According to Justice Othman Musa while delivering judgement, Omo-Agege has never been convicted by any court of law in the United States of America.

He said the case was merely a non-criminal trial by a Judicial Commission of Inquiry which does not amount to a conviction.

Justice Musa added that the case against Omo-Agege in the state of California was a disciplinary matter which he challenged in the US Supreme Court and won so he is not under obligation to disclose such information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before contesting an election.

The judge held that as such, the Deputy Senate President has not committed any perjury as canvassed by the claimant.

He then awarded the cost of N1million against the claimant for filing a frivolous suit aimed at denting the image of the deputy senate president.