In a significant legal victory, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has emerged triumphant as the Supreme Court unanimously rejected petitions filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Labour Party (LP) challenging the validity of his election win.
The apex court’s verdict on Friday upheld the results of the March 18 gubernatorial poll, dismissing all allegations raised against Governor Oborevwori and affirming the legitimacy of his election victory.
Justice Mohammed Garba Lawal, delivering the lead judgment, emphatically refuted claims that Governor Oborevwori was unqualified for the election, stating that there was no evidence to support such allegations. Furthermore, the court rejected assertions that the election was invalid, affirming that the governor was duly elected by a majority of lawful votes cast in the poll.
Similarly, in a separate judgment on an appeal by the Labour Party and its governorship candidate, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition as “frivolous and lacking in merit.” Justice Musa Uwani Aba-Aji, delivering the lead judgment, ruled that the appellants failed to substantiate their allegations, leading to the dismissal of the petition in its entirety.
With these decisive rulings, all three appeals lodged by the opposition parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC), SDP, and LP – have been unequivocally rejected by the Supreme Court on grounds of lacking merit.
Governor Oborevwori’s resounding legal triumph at the highest court in the land solidifies his mandate and stands as a testament to the robustness of the electoral process in Delta State.
