BREAKING: Supreme Court Gives Final Verdict on Delta Governorship Election
- The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by former deputy senate president Ovie Omo-Agege and the APC against Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state
- In other appeals filed by the SDP and Labour Party candidates, Kenneth Gbagi and Kennedy Pela, the court also affirmed the victory of the governor
- The Supreme Court said the appellants failed to prove their cases as required by the law and, therefore, dismissed their appeals
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Asaba, Delta - The Supreme Court has given its final say on the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Ovie Omo-Agege, against Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state.
In the suit, which sought to sack the governor, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 governorship election, the APC and the former deputy senate president were defeated.
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Supreme Court affirms Oborevwori's victory
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the former deputy senate president in a judgment delivered on Friday, January 19, The Nation reported.
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According to the court, the APC and Omo-Agege failed to justify that the election was conducted without substantial compliance with the Electoral Act.
In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Inyang Okoro, the court affirmed the victory of Governor Oborevwori in the March 18 Delta state governorship election.
Supreme Court dismisses SDP, Labour Party appeals against Governor Omorevwori
The apex court also dismissed another appeal filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) flagbearer in the election Kenneth Gbagi against Oborevwori's victory.
Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba of the apex court, who read the lead judgment, resolved all the matters raised against the appellants and ruled that the appeal lacked merit.
The court also dismissed the appeal filed by the Kennedy Pela and the Labour Party against Governor Oborevwori on the grounds that the appellants did not prove their case as required.
Omo-Agege, Pela and Gbagi had earlier lost to the governor at the Delta state governorship election tribunal and the Court of Appeal before seeking redress at the Supreme Court, but they also failed.
Supreme Court: Anxiety as five governors know fate on Friday
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Supreme Court is set to decide today, Friday, January 19, on the fates of five governors the opposition had sought to remove from office.
The governors facing legal suits seeking their sacks include Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, and Nasir Idris of Kebbi state.
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