On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate, Ovie-Omo-Agege, challenging the election of Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori.
The court, in the main ruling issued by Justice John Inyang Okoro, concluded that Omo-Agege, a former Deputy Senate President, failed miserably to demonstrate that the election was illegitimate due to alleged corrupt practices.
Justice Okoro stated that none of the claims against the March 18, 2023 election were proven as needed by law.
Oborevwori won the governorship race with 360,234 votes, while his closest challenger, APC candidate Omo-Agege, received 240,229 votes.
The Supreme Court rejected Omo-Agege’s request that the election be declared null and void on the grounds that it was not conducted substantially in accordance with the requirements of the Electoral Act.
Justice Okoro also rejected his claims that the governorship election results were not correctly recorded in some polling units, as well as charges that some of the documents containing the recorded results lacked serial numbers.
While affirming Oborevwori as the lawfully elected governor of Delta State, the Supreme Court upheld the decisions of the Delta State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, which had previously dismissed Omo-Agege’s appeal for lack of merit.