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UPDATED: David Edevbie Defeats Sherrif Oborevwori At Federal High Court Abuja

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3 years ago

July 7, 2022

By Daniel Dafe

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that Sherrif Oborevwori is not qualified to contest the 2023 governorship election in Delta State.

Recall that Edevbie, also a governorship aspirant that participated in the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state had approached the court to disqualify Oborevwori over certificate issues.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo in his judgement held that Oborevwori lacked the legal competence to participate in the election.

The Plaintiff had among other things, contended that the Defendant was not validly nominated by his party.

Edevbie also told the court that PDP violated both its constitution and the Electoral Guidelines, during its state congress that produced Oborevwori as its flagbearer for the forthcoming gubernatorial election.

The Plaintiff, prayed the court to restrain the party from transmitting Oborevwori’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and to also restrain the electoral body from receiving or recognising him as the duly nominated candidate of the party for the election.

More so, the Plaintiff, sought an order to restrain Oborevwori from parading or carrying himself as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the state.

Also cited as Defendants in the matter were the PDP and INEC.

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Meanwhile, Oasis Magazine learnt that INEC and the PDP were asked by the court to recognise Edevbie as the party’s flag bearer.

Oasis Magazine had earlier erroneously reported that the court ordered the party to conduct fresh primary.