The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment on an appeal filed by a PDP chieftain, Sheriff Oborevwori, challenging a trial court’s recognition of Olorogun David Edevbie as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Delta state gubernatorial election in 2023.
On July 7, 2022, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja disqualified Oborevwori and ordered INEC and the PDP to recognize Olorogun Edevbie as the PDP’s candidate in the Delta state governorship election in 2023.
The trial judge had agreed with the plaintiff in the suit, Edevbie, that Oborevwori, ought not to be on the ballot for the PDP primary election on account of supplying false and forged documents to the INEC in aid of his qualification for the governorship election.
But not satisfied with the judgement of Justice Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Oborevwori and the PDP headed to the Court of Appeal to seek redress.
At the resumed hearing of the appeal on Friday, the appeallate court panel led by Justice Peter I’ve, said the date for judgment would be communicated to the parties.
Being a pre-election matter, the 180 days stipulated by the Constitution for adjudication of election matters as it relates to Delta state will elapse on September 5.