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VEO News > Blog > Uncategorized > JUST IN: Supreme Court affirms Oborevwori as PDP governorship candidate in Delta State
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JUST IN: Supreme Court affirms Oborevwori as PDP governorship candidate in Delta State

Ayo Ayedun
Last updated: 2022/10/21 at 10:26 AM
Ayo Ayedun Published October 21, 2022
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The Supreme Court, on Friday, affirmed the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Sherrif Oborevwori, as the bonafide candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the forthcoming governorship election in Delta State.

In a unanimous decision by a five-man panel led by Justice Amina Augie, the apex court dismissed an appeal that was lodged against Oborevwori by an aggrieved governorship aspirant of the PDP in the state, Olorogun David Edevbie.

In its judgment, the apex court held that allegations the Appellant raised before it was rooted in criminality and therefore ought to be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

It noted that in view of “sundry allegations of fraud, false representation and forgery of documents” raised against Oborevwori, the Appellant, ought to have commenced his action through a Writ of Summons that would have allowed the trial court to adjudge the matter through oral and documentary evidence.

It held that Edevbie allegations against Oborevwori could not be resolved through affidavit evidence or Originating Summons.

The apex court also held that Edevbie’s case was premature as PDP had not submitted Oborevwori’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission before he filed the suit.

In its lead judgment that was delivered by Justice Tijjani Abubakar, the apex court, said it saw no reason to set-aside the Court of Appeals verdict that earlier upheld Oborevwori’s nomination.

“In conclusion, I found no merit in this appeal and it is accordingly dismissed”, Justice Abubakar held.

Edevbie had in his appeal, alleged that Oborevwori submitted false and forged documents to the PDP, in aid of his qualification to contest the election billed for March 11, 2023.

He told the court that whereas Oborevwori had in an affidavit he deposed to, claimed that he was born in 1963, he, however, tendered a West African Examination Council, WAEC, certificate that was issued to someone that was born in 1979.

The Appellant insisted that all the documents Oborevwori tendered to his party, in support of his qualification to contest the election, did not match his name at birth.

Besides, Edevbie, contended that the case provided a unique opportunity for the Supreme Court to make a pronouncement on “the new legal regime introduced by section 29(5) of the Electoral Act, 2022”.

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