Court Sacks Sherrif Oborevwori As Delta PDP Governorship Candidate

A Federal Excessive Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, disqualified Sherrif Oborevwori as the Delta Tell governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship elections.

The ruling used to be delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo in a suit brought sooner than the court by Olorogun David Edevbie tense the emergence of Oborevwori, the Speaker of the Tell House of Assembly as the PDP candidate.

He argued that Oborevwori didn’t emerge from a effectively performed occasion major election as the PDP violated both its constitution and the Electoral Guidelines at some level of the major election.

Edevbie, therefore, approached the court to restrain the PDP from forwarding Oborevwori’s name to the Self ample National Electoral Commission (INEC), and to also restrain the electoral body from receiving or recognising him as the duly nominated candidate of s the occasion for the election.

He also sought an repeat to restrain Oborevwori from parading or carrying himself as the governorship candidate of the PDP within the divulge.

The PDP and INEC were listed as defendants within the subject.

The relieves sought were granted by Justice Taiwo who submitted that the case has advantage.

Kumornews understands Oborevwori enjoys the enhance of Delta Tell Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa while Edebvie is asserted to be backed by the worn governor, James Ibori.

In the PDP primaries performed in Delta Tell on Could well 25, Oborevwori polled 597 votes, while Edebvie who emerged 2nd had 113 votes.