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  • Delta 2023: 15 Senior Advocates to begin legal fireworks in Oborevwori v Edevbie at Supreme Court

    Delta 2023: 15 Senior Advocates to begin legal fireworks in Oborevwori v Edevbie at Supreme Court

     

    As the battle continues to rage on who becomes the PDP guber candidate, 15 legal luminaries, all SANs have been picked by Sheriff Oborevwori and David Edevbie to represent both contenders at the apex court.

    The two combatants for the ticket, David Edevbie have moved their legal teams to the Apex Court to know who will fly the PDP’S flag at the gubernatorial poll.

    Court processes sighted by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) indicated that while David Edevbie is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the judgment of the Federal High Court which declared him the PDP candidate, Sheriff Orohwedor on his part, is pleading with the Supreme Court to endorse the Court of Appeal which voided the decision of the high court.

    About 15 Senior Advocates of Nigeria SANS have been assembled by the two parties to undertake the legal fireworks.

    To prevent the suit from being statute barred, Justice Amina Augie appointed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola to head the panel that would resolve the dispute, has fixed September 30 for the determination of the suit to a finality.

    A Federal High Court in Abuja had earlier disqualified Sheriff, currently, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly from the gubernatorial race on accounts of certificate forgery among other criminal allegations and replaced him with David Edevbie who came second at the PDP primary election.

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja on August 29, however, reversed the decision of the Federal High Court and restored Sheriff as the flag bearer.

    The appellate court had voided and set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court which on July 7, 2022, nullified his nomination on the grounds of certificate forgery and perjury.

    Justice Peter Olabisi Ige who delivered the Court of Appeal decision had ruled that claims against the Speaker are criminal in nature and must be proved beyond reasonable doubts.

    But Edevbie hinging his argument in legal documents sighted by TNG is insisting that there’s error in judgment on 18 grounds.

    Insisting that the lower appellate Court erred in law occasioned a great miscarriage in justice to the appellant when the court held that “the heinous allegation of swearing to an affidavit, forging and faking of educational credentials made by the first respondent against the appellant cannot be established or proved by mere assertions and comparisons carried out by the first respondent in the supporting affidavit to his originating summons. The first respondent is under a bolden duty to produce the originals of the credentials or the certificates claimed by the appellant as belonging to him at the lower Court”.

     

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  • Edevbie vs Oborevwori: PDP in Court as appellant in Abuja

    Edevbie vs Oborevwori: PDP in Court as appellant in Abuja

    The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is currently at the Appeal Court in the Abuja Judicial Division to challenge Thursday, July 7, 2022, judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which had declared Sheriff Oborevwori not qualified to be the party’s governorship flag bearer in the 2023 general elections on the grounds of discrepancies in his documents submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls the presiding judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo in the judgment of July 7, 2022, ordered PDP and INEC to replace Oborevwori’s name with Olorogun David Edevbie, who came second in the party’s governorship primary held on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

    The PDP in Delta State had the same day in a statement by the state Publicity Secretary, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza, said it hopes that the disqualification of its governorship candidate will be upturned on Appeal.

    The PDP appeal with SUIT NO: FHC/ABJ/CS795/2022 and dated July 19, 2022, has David Edevbie, Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor and the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) as first, second and third respondents respectively.

    The Notice of Appeal reads in parts, “TAKE NOTICE that the APPELLANT being dissatisfied with the decision of the Federal High Court, sitting at Abuja contained in the Judgment of Honourable Justice Taiwo Taiwo delivered on the 7th day of July 2022 in SUIT NO: FHC/ABJ/CS/795/2022 between David Edevbie v OBOREVWORI SHERIFF FRANCIS OROHWEDOR & 2 ors, doth hereby appeal to the Court of Appeal, Abuja upon the grounds set out in paragraph 3 and will at the hearing of the appeal seek the reliefs as set out in paragraph 4 AND the APPELLANT further states that the names and addresses of the persons directly affected by the appeal are set out in paragraph 5.”

    The PDP is appealing the Federal High Court judgement on the following three grounds:

    1. The learned Trial judge erred in law and thereby occasioned a miscarriage of justice when he assumed jurisdiction to entertain the suit.

    2. The Learned Trial judge erred in law when he shifted the burden of proof to the 2nd Respondent and stated that the 2nd Respondent should have called the issuing authorities to authenticate the certificates he submitted to his political party for nomination.

    3. The Learned Trial judge erred in law when he held that the suit was properly commenced by way of originating summons.

    The party is therefore seeking the following reliefs, “An order allowing the appeal, dismissing the 1st Respondent’s amended originating summons and setting aside the judgment of the lower Court delivered on the 7th day of July, 2022 in SUIT NO: FHC/ABJ/CS/795/2022 between David Edevbie v OBOREVWORI SHERIFF FRANCIS OROHWEDOR & 2 ors.”

    See court papers below:

  • 2023: Manager, Oborevwori, Edevbie, Gbagi, others scaled through screening for Delta guber primaries

    2023: Manager, Oborevwori, Edevbie, Gbagi, others scaled through screening for Delta guber primaries

    The South-South Screening Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared 12 governorship aspirants gunning for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s job in 2023 governorship election in Delta State.

    This is just as frontline runners, Senator James Manager, David Edevbie, Kingsley Otuaro, Sheriff Oborevwori scale through.

    All 12 governorship aspirants who presented themselves for the screening committee headed by Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, were cleared to participate in next month’s primaries of the PDP in Delta.

    Among those cleared by the PDP Screening Committee is a former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi; Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori; former Principal Secretary to Late President Musa Yar’Adua and former Chief of Staff, Olorogun David Edevbie; Senator James Manager, representing Delta South and Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro.

    Others are former Delta State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Peter Adogbejire Mrakpor (SAN); former commissioner for Housing, Olorogun Fred Majemite; Managing Director of Wellmann Group, Deacon Chris Iyovwaye; former Sapele Council Chairman, Omizu Ejaife Odebala, Uvwie-born politician, Sir Onajefe-Gift Bright Edejewhro; Mr. Lucky Ohworode Idike and Chief Abel Oghenevo Esievo.

  • Delta Guber: PDP kicks against UPU’s endorsement of Edevbie

    Delta Guber: PDP kicks against UPU’s endorsement of Edevbie

    The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Delta Central Senatorial District, has kicked against the endorsement of Olorogun David Edevbie, a governorship aspirant for the 2023 election, by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU).

    The Party, in a statement signed by the PDP Delta Central Chairman, Chief Patrick Fovie, and 30 members on Monday in Asaba, appealed to the UPU Apex decision-making body of Urhobo nation, to withdraw the endorsement with immediate effect.

    The party said that endorsement of one of the governorship aspirants by UPU, a socio-cultural body, amounts to usurping the functions of the party in the ongoing electioneering process, leading to the primaries.

    The statement reads in parts, “It has come to our notice that the leadership of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, on Sunday, April 17, 2022, via a press statement, announced the endorsement of a governorship aspirant under the PDP, Olorogun David Edebvie, as the Union’s preferred aspirant.

    “And in the same token, urged our party delegates to vote enmass for him.

    “UPU efforts in the affairs of Urhobo nation of Delta Central Senatorial District will always be appreciated if and only such efforts or interest are not in conflict with the duties and regulations of our party, PDP, and its organs.

    “And in the instant case, we found out that the purported endorsement of our party member who is a governorship aspirant, usurped the functions of our party in the ongoing electioneering process leading to the party primaries.

    “This obvious external interference by UPU and its leadership cannot in any way be encouraged.

    “This subtle appeal to the leadership of this great socio-cultural organization is to immediately repudiate and/or nullify the endorsement via another press statement, please”.

    It, however, recalls that similar endorsement played out in 2014 and 2015 wherein UPU came in with “Urhobo Governor Agenda”.

    “This singular act not only caused acute internal crisis in our great party but also created factions in UPU with two President Generals giving orders and counter orders.

    “The grave incursion of the UPU in active politics via Urhobo Governor Agenda fractured the sensibility of our amiable governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, who greatly suffered the negative of the Union’s ethnic political activities in 2014 and 2015.

    “However, we were able to overcome the storm within a short period of time in our party but unfortunately, Urhobo Union suffered a great deal which led to a series of legal actions.

    “This kind of unpleasant situation must be avoided, hence it is very necessary for UPU to stay away from the internal affairs of PDP and partisan politics generally,” it said.

    It urged UPU to strictly adhere to the Union’s Constitutional provisions and play mere advisory roles for Urhobo political actors and to some extent political parties where the need arises.

    “It is no longer expedient for socio-cultural organizations and town Unions to as a group indulge in political party affairs or endorsements of governorship and other categories of aspirants.

    “In the light of the above, we strongly appeal to the President General of UPU, Olorogun Moses Taiga, and his entire Exco worldwide, to kindly withdraw the purported endorsement of Olorogun David Edebvie as the Union’s preferred aspirant,” it advised.