Amid some of the turmoil which has been surrounding their authentic governorship candidates, the Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has yesterday, continued its mobilisation exercise with a mega rally in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Council.
The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori, who had the backing of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had also won the party’s governorship primary election which had been held in Asaba in May, while a former commissioner for finance and Okowa’s immediate past chief of staff, David Edevbie, who is the choice of a former governor, Chief James Ibori, had also come second.
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Dissatisfied with the outcome, Edevbie approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, in suit No: FHC/ABJ/CJ/795/2022, seeking the disqualification of Oborevwori for allegedly submitting fake credentials to the INEC. The Presiding Judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, July 7, ruled that Oborevwori was not qualified to participate in the exercise, let alone be declared the winner, having supplied false information and submitted forged credentials/certificates.
At the rally organised by the party at the Delta State University of Science and Technology Stadium, Ozoro, yesterday, an unruffled Okowa, who was welcomed to the venue with a thunderous roar of “Mr. Vice President,” stated: “Whatever is going on in the party today is a normal democratic process, so there is nothing to worry about, no cause for alarm and no cause to fear, as what is playing out is democracy in action.”
He enthused: “I heard some people saying that PDP is dying in Delta State and I wonder why they are deceiving themselves. We are not boasting, our people will come out and vote in the next election. We are going to win all available seats from the assembly to the presidential election.
“In 2019, they got two local government areas, but in 2023, we will win the entire 25 local government areas.
On his part, the state Chairman of the party, Chief Kingsley Esiso, urged the party faithful to remain calm, adding that INEC had asked stakeholders to maintain calm until the entire court process was exhausted.