By Deborah Onyofufeke, Abuja
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday disqualified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, from contesting the 2023 governorship election.
In his judgement, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, stated that Oborevwori lacked the legal competence to participate in the election.
The suit, which was instituted by an aggrieved member of the party, David Edevbie, had PDP and INEC as defendants
The plaintiff in the suit prayed the court to issue an order restraining Oborevwori from parading and carrying himself as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the state.
Edevbie had stated that the PDP candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in the state, was not validly nominated by the party.
He noted among other issues that the PDP violated both its constitution and the electoral guidelines, during its state congress that produced Oborevwori as its flagbearer for the forthcoming governorship election.
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He moved to pray 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 the party for the election.
Justice Taiwo held in his judgement that the suit was meritorious and accordingly granted the reliefs of the Plaintiff against Oborevwori.
