A Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja, has warned the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Sheriff Oborevwori, to discontinue to parade himself as the governorship candidate of the party in Delta State for the 2023 general election.
The presiding Judge, Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo dropped the warning on Thursday July 7th 2022, in a judgement he delivered between Olorogun David Edebvie, as Plaintiff, PDP, INCE and Oborevwori, as Defendants, saying Oborevwori “supplied false information and submitted dubious or forged credentials/certificates”.
The ousted Oborevwori, who is the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA), was described in the judgement as “ineligible and unqualified” to participate in the forthcoming governorship election scheduled for March 11th 2023.
While disqualifying Oborevwori from participating as the candidate of PDP in the forthcoming 2023 Gubernatorial elections in the state, by INEC, the Court declared that INEC is legally precluded or prohibited from accepting or receiving from, acting on or otherwise recognizing or giving effect to the name of to Oborevwori as the candidate or flagbearer of PDP for the forthcoming Gubernatorial elections.
The Court commanded, directed or mandated PDP and INEC to replace, forthwith, the name of Oborevwori with that of Edevbie as the lawful candidate of PDP for the forthcoming Gubernatorial elections.
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1. A DECLARATION that the 1st Defendant is not qualified to participate and/or be declared the winner of the 2nd Defendant’s Delta State Governorship Primary elections which held on 25th May, 2022 for the purpose of electing its candidate or flagbearer in the forthcoming 2023 Gubernatorial Elections in Delta State, scheduled to hold on 11th March, 2023 by the 3rd Defendant.
2. A DECLARATION that having supplied false information and submitted dubious or forged credentials/certificates in order to participate in and be declared the winner of the 2nd Defendant’s Delta State Governorship Primary elections which held on 25th May, 2022, the 2nd Defendant herein is legally precluded from submitting, forwarding or otherwise transmitting the name of the 1st Defendant to the 3rd Defendant as the candidate or flagbearer of the 2nd Defendant in the forthcoming Governorship elections in Delta State, now scheduled to hold on 11th March, 2023 by the 3rd Defendant.
3. A DECLARATION that the Plaintiff who, next to the ineligible and unqualified 1st Defendant, scored the highest number of valid votes cast at the Delta State Governorship Primary elections of the 2nd Defendant which held on 25th May, 2022, ought to and should be returned and declared the winner of the 2nd Defendant’s Governorship Primaries and, accordingly, returned as the candidate of the 1st Defendant for the forthcoming Governorship elections in Delta State scheduled to hold on 11th March, 2023 by the 3rd Defendant.
4. A DECLARATION that the 1st Defendant should and ought to be prohibited, inhibited, prevented or otherwise restrained from holding out, parading and or advertising himself as the candidate of the 2nd Defendant for the forthcoming Gubernatorial elections in Delta State scheduled to hold on 11th March, 2023 by the 3rd Defendant.
5. A DECLARATION that the 3rd Defendant is legally precluded or prohibited from accepting or receiving from, acting on or otherwise recognizing or giving effect to the name of the 1st Defendant as the candidate or flagbearer of the 2nd Defendant for the forthcoming Gubernatorial elections in Delta State now scheduled for 11th March, 2023 by the 3rd Defendant.
6. AN ORDER of this Honourable Court disqualifying the 1st Defendant from participating as the candidate of the 2nd Defendant in the forthcoming 2023 Gubernatorial elections in Delta state, scheduled for 11th March, 2023 by the 3rd Defendant.
7. AN ORDER of this Honourable Court commanding, directing or otherwise mandating the 2nd and 3rd Defendants to replace, forthwith, the name of the 1st Defendant with that of the Plaintiff as the lawful candidate of the 2nd Defendant for the forthcoming Gubernatorial elections in Delta State, now scheduled for 11th March, 2023 by the 3rd Defendant.
