The Plaintiff had among other things, contended that the Defendant was not validly nominated by his party.
Consequently, the Plaintiff, prayed the court to restrain the party from forwarding Oborevwori’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and to also restrain the electoral body from receiving or recognising him as the duly nominated candidate of s the party for the election.
More so, the Plaintiff, sought an order to restrain Oborevwori from parading or carrying himself as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the state.
Also cited as Defendants in the matter were the PDP and INEC.
Meanwhile, in his judgement on Thursday, Justice Taiwo held that the suit was meritorious. He accordingly granted the reliefs against Oborevwori.
Oborevwori, who enjoys the support of the governor and vice presidential candidate of the party, Ifeanyi Okowa, was on May 25, declared winner of PDP Delta state guber ticket with 597 votes, beating 13 other aspirants. Edevbie, said to be backed by the former governor, James Ibori, came distant second with 113 votes.