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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today disqualifies the speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State.
Disqualifying the PDP Candidate, Justice Taiwo Taiwo held that Chief Oborevwori lack the legal competence to participate in the primary election.
The verdict followed a suit that was brought before the court by an aggreived member of the party, Olorogun David Edevbie.
According to Edevbie, PDP violated both its constitution and the Electoral Guidelines, during its state congress that produced Oborevwori as its flagbearer for the forthcoming gubernatorial election.
Consequently, he prayed the court to restrain the party from forwarding 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 s the party for the election.
In his ruling, the presiding Justice, Taiwo Taiwo held that the suit was meritorious, and accordingly granted the reliefs against Oborevwori.
It would be recalled that Sheriff Oborevwori was declared winner of the PDP governorship primary in Delta State, scoring 590 votes ahead of David Edevbie, who polled 113 votes.
