Supreme Court upholds Oborevwori’s election as Delta governor

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Governor of Delta State.

The apex court, in a judgement prepared and delivered by Justice John Inyang Okoro, who led a five-member panel of Justices of the Court dismissed all three appeals challenging Oborevwori’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the March 28, 2023 governorship election held in Delta state.

The appeals were entered by the Social Democratic Party (SDP), All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP) and their respective governorship candidates in the March 18 governorship election held in Delta state.

The court, in its judgment in the appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate in the Delta governorship election, Ovie Omo-Agege held that there was substantial compliance with the Electoral Act, 2022 in the conduct of the election that produced Oborevwori as governor.

The apex court, in its unanimous judgment, agreed with the lower courts that the appellants were unable to prove the allegation of non-compliance contained in their petition.

“Consequently, this appeal is dismissed for lacking in merit, no order as to cost,” the court held.