Alex Enumah in Abuja
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Ovie Omo-Agege of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Sheriff Oborevwori as Governor of Delta State.
A five-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, in dismissing the appeal, held that the appellants failed to prove their allegations of non-compliance compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
Justice Okoro, who pointed out that the case the appellants was hinged on claims that the governorship election was not properly recorded at some polling units, said even if the said excluded votes from the said polling units where added, it would not have substantially affected the outcome of the election.
The apex court subsequently dismissed Omo-Agege and APC’s appeal for lacking in merit.
While Oborevwori scored 360,234 votes to win the governorship election, his closest rival, Omo-Agege of the APC, polled 240,229 votes.
Amongst grounds Omo-Agege, a former Deputy President of the Senate, is seeking the nullification of Oborevwori’s election are that the election was not conducted in substantial compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act.
He told the apex court that the results of the governorship election were not properly recorded at some polling units, adding that the forms that contained some of the recorded results did not have serial numbers.
He subsequently urged the court to void results from the affected polling units and afterwards declare him the authentic winner of the governorship poll, adding that if the said votes were deducted, he will then have majority of the lawful votes cast at the poll.
