From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has disqualified the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sherrif Oborevwori, from contesting the 2023 governorship election in Delta State.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo in his judgment on Thursday court, held that Oborevwori lacked the legal competence to participate in the election.
The judge equally held that the suit was meritorious.
The judgment was the outcome of a suit filed before the court by an aggreived member of the party, Mr. Olorogun Edevbie.
He listed the Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission as defendants in the matter.
The plaintiff had among other issues argued that the Defendant was not validly nominated by his party.
He submitted that the court that PDP violated both its constitution and the Electoral Guidelines, during its state congress that produced Oborevwori as its flagbearer for the forthcoming gubernatorial election.
Edevbie prayed 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 s the party for the election.
In addition, he sought an order to restrain Oborevwori from parading or carrying himself as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the state.