Omo-Agege loses out again as Appeal Court affirms election of Delta gov, Oborevwori

The Court of Appeal on Friday affirmed the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of Delta State.

The appellate court in so doing dismissed the petition filed by a former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege of the All Progressives Congress (APC)

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos declared that the appeal filed by Omo-Agege lacked merit.

Ripples Nigeria reports that the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, had on September 29, upheld Oborevwori as winner of the March 18, governorship election.

Omo-Agege, however, filed an appeal at the appellate court, challenging the judgment of the election petition tribunal, praying that he be declared the winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election.

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Oborevwori, however, urged the court to dismiss the appeal which he contended lacked merit.

In it’s judgment on Friday, the Court of Appeal agreed with Oborevwori and dismissed Omo-Agege’s appeal for lacking in merit, upholding the judgment of the tribunal.

The Court, in a separate judgment, dismissed the appeal by Kenneth Gbaji of Social Democratic Party (SDP) against PDP, APC and Labour Party (LP) and their governorship candidates.

It also in another separate judgment, dismissed the appeal by Labour Party (LP) and it’s governorship candidate, Ken Pela, challenging the lower tribunal judgment, upholding the election of Oborevwori.

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