Apex Court Reserves Judgment in Omo-Agege, Gbaji, Pela’s Cases on Delta Guber.

By Nelson Utip

The Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment in three separate appeals against the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, the appeals were from APC, LP and SDP candidates in the last gubernatorial election in the state.

A five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro, gave nod to the appeals for judgment, after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument.

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The appellants, through their respective counsel in specific terms prayed that the Supreme Court should invalidate the November 24 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Lagos State, which dismissed their case for want of merit and affirmed Oborevwori as the bonafide winner of the governorship contest ,also criticizing an earlier verdict of the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, which on September 29, upheld Oborevwori’s election.

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Omo-Agege, the candidate of APC in the election contended that the election was not conducted in substantial compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act, informing the Supreme 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.

The SDP candidate, Gbagi in his prayer, urged the court to declare that Oborevwori was not eligible to contest the election, while the labour Party candidate, Pela urged the Supreme Court to nullify the entire election and order a fresh one.