Just in: Appeal court restores Oborevwori as Delta PDP gov candidate

The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has declared Sherrif Oborevwori as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State.

A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Olabisi Ige, overturned the judgement of an Abuja federal high court which earlier directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise David Edevbie as the duly elected candidate of the PDP for the 2023 governorship election.
Recall that at the PDP primary in May, Oborevwori, who is speaker of the Delta House of Assembly, had polled 590 votes to beat Edevbie, the commissioner for finance during the James Ibori administration, who polled 113 votes.
While Oborevwori is the favoured candidate of incumbent Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, former Governor James Ibori is said to be backing Edevbie.
Edevbie had filed a suit against Oborevwori and the party, citing discrepancies in Oborevwori’s certificates.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of a federal high court in Abuja had disqualified Oborevwori for submitting false information to INEC to back his nomination as PDP’s candidate.