A suit challenging the enthronement of the Asagba Of Asaba, has been thrown out by the Delta State High Court as being incompetent, according to a post published on the verified social media (Facebook) handle operated by the Palace of HRM, Asagba of Asaba.
The report states that a Delta State High Court, sitting at Asaba and presided over by Honourable Justice P.N. Obanor, today, the 27th Day of October, 2026, upheld the Preliminary Objection brought by the 3rd Defendant, Asagba Prof. Epiphany Azinge, OON, SAN, FNIALS, the Asagba of Asaba, challenging as incompetent, devoid of jurisdiction and locus standi, Suit No. DTHC/ASB/CV/213/2024 brought by Obi Ikechukwu Nwajei, Ogbueshi Iweanya Nwajei and Ogbueshi Amechi Akpoku challenging his selection and installation as the 14th Asagba of Asaba.
The Court after reviewing the Arguments canvassed in Support of the Preliminary Objection by the Lead Counsel to the 3rd Defendant, Chike George Onyemenam, SAN and the Arguments canvassed in opposition to the Preliminary Objection by the Claimants’ Lead Counsel, Chief Emeka Ofodile, SAN, upheld the Preliminary Objection and terminated the Suit for being incompetent and for want of jurisdiction of the High Court to entertain same, for failure of the Claimants to fulfill the mandatory condition precedent before filing an Action to challenge the selection and installation of a Traditional Ruler under the Chieftaincy Laws of Delta State.
In another development,the court also struck out the suit brought by same claimants, Obi Ikechukwu Nwajei,Ogbueshi Iweanya Nwajei and Ogbueshi Ameachi Akpoku brought against Engr Louis Edozien,the Ochendo of the 13th Asagba of Asaba you presided over the selection of the 14th Asagba.
The court after listening to the arguments of the claimant’s counsel, Chief Emeka Ofodile SAN and that of the defendant’s Counsel Chief Arthur ObiOkafor SAN, dismissed the suit for non-compliance with the condition precedent before bringing on the action.
With this, the suit as filed by the claimants above have now been put to rest and offered a final burial by the court.
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