The Supreme Court of Nigeria has slated October 21, for judgment in an appeal filed by the Delta State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 governorship election, Mr. David Edevbie.
Mr. Edevbie in the appeal, is asking the Supreme Court to re-affirm his candidacy.
In a 23-ground of appeal, Mr. Edevbie, has faulted the entire unanimous decision of the three-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Peter Ige.
He asked the Apex court to hold that he is the rightful candidate of the PDP in the Delta State governorship election slated to hold February 2023.
The appeal filed by his lawyer, Mr. Eko Ejembi Eko SAN has Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor, PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC as 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents, respectively.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had in a judgement, reinstated Mr. Sheriff Oborevwori as the duly nominated governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State.
Mr Oborevwori was in July disqualified by a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly supplying false information and submitting forged certificates to the electoral umpire INEC to aid his participation in the PDP governorship primary which he emerged as the winner.
The lower court had directed that Mr Oborevwori’s name be replaced with that of the plaintiff, David Edevbie, who came second at the party’s primary.
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