Delta Poll: S’Court Affirms Oborevwori As PDP Candidate

The Supreme Court, last Friday, affirmed the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Sherrif Oborevwori, as the bonafide candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the forthcoming governorship election in Delta State.
The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel led by Justice Amina Augie, dismissed an appeal that was lodged against Oborevwori by an aggrieved governorship aspirant of the PDP in the state, Olorogun David Edevbie.
Meanwhile, Olorogun David Edevbie  who lost his bid to become the  Delta State  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship standard-bearer has congratulated Oborevwori  on his victory even as  Governor Ifeanyi Okowa urged the winner to be magnanimous in victory by carrying everybody along in the scheme of things.
Edevbie, in a statement released by his Director of Strategic Communications, Fred Edoreh, said the judgement of the Supreme Court put a full and final closure to the dispute and urged Deltans  to regard the interest of the state over and above any individual interest.
While  thanking his supporters for the massive commitment to his mandate, he wished Oborevwori success in the 2023 Governorship election.
The statement read in part: “The Supreme Court’s verdict today brings closure to the process of determining the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 Delta State Governorship election. It has undoubtedly been a long, drawn-out struggle in which several long-cherished relationships were strained’’.