Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has disqualified Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, the candidate of the Delta State Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship race, over discrepancies in his certificates.
Oborevwori is the speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and anointed candidate of the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa
Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his ruling, also restrained Oborevworifrom parading himself as the candidate of the PDP for the Delta 2023 governorship election.
The court order followed a suit instituted by David Edevbie, a former Commissioner for Finance and governorship aspirant in the last Delta PDP primary.
Edevbie, a Harvard-trained financial expert is the preferred choice of former Governor James Ibori against Oborevwori’s candidacy.