A federal high court in Abuja has disqualified Sheriff
Oborevwori, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) in
Delta state.
During the PDP governorship primary in May, Oborevwori,
speaker of the Delta house of assembly, polled 590 votes to beat his closest
rival, David Edevbie, commissioner for finance during the James Ibori
administration, who polled 113 votes.
While Oborevwori is the preferred candidate of Ifeanyi
Okowa, Delta governor, James Ibori, former governor, is said to be backing
Edevbie.
Aggrieved by the outcome of the primary, Edevbie had filed a
suit against Oborevwori and the party.
He contended that the PDP violated its constitution in the
process of the state congress, which produced Oborevwori.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/795/2022, the plaintiff prayed
the court to restrain the PDP from forwarding Oborevwori’s name to the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and also restrain INEC from
receiving or recognising Oborevwori as duly nominated as the party’s flag
bearer.
He further sought a restraining order barring Oborevwori
from parading himself as the governorship candidate of the party for the
forthcoming election.
Delivering judgment on Thursday, Taiwo Taiwo, the presiding
judge, held that the suit was meritorious and accordingly granted the reliefs
of the plaintiff against Oborevwori.
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