Sherrif Oborevwori has been confirmed as the standard flagbearer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2023 governorship election in Delta State.
The Supreme Court affirmed this in its ruling on Friday.
The apex court in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel led by Justice Amina Augie, dismissed an appeal that was lodged against the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker by a faction of the party in the state.
The faction which was led by a governorship aspirant, Olorogun Edevbie had in an appeal earlier, alleged that Oborevwori submitted false and forged documents to the PDP, in aid of his qualification to contest the election billed for March 11, 2023.
He told the court that whereas Oborevwori had in an affidavit he deposed to, claimed that he was born in 1963, he, however, tendered a West African Examination Council, WAEC, certificate that was issued to someone that was born in 1979.
However, the Appellant insisted that all the documents Oborevwori tendered to his party, in support of his qualification to contest the election, did not match his name at birth.
Besides, Edevbie, contended that the case provided a unique opportunity for the Supreme Court to make a pronouncement on “the new legal regime introduced by section 29(5) of the Electoral Act, 2022”.
