The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the
nomination of Sherrif Oborevwori as the governorship candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state.
A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Olabisi
Ige, overturned the judgement of an Abuja federal high court which directed the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise David Edevbie as
the duly elected candidate of the PDP for the governorship election.
During the PDP primary in May, Oborevwori, speaker of the
Delta house of assembly, polled 590 votes to beat Edevbie, the 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, citing discrepancies in Oborevwori’s
certificates.
Taiwo Taiwo, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, had disqualified Oborevwori for submitting false information to INEC to back his nomination as PDP’s candidate.
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