An appeal filed by Ikie Aghwarianovwe, seeking the disqualification of Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.
Aghwarianovwe was seeking the
disqualification of Oborevwori from the just concluded governorship election in
Delta State, for allegedly supplying false information about his academic
qualification and date of birth to the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
He had approached the apex court, after failing to get the two lower courts grant his relief seeking the disqualification of Oborevwori from the governorship race.
However, in a unanimous judgment
delivered on Friday, July 7, the five-member panel of justices held that
Aghwarianovwe in his appeal failed to show that the concurrent decisions of the
two lower courts were perverse.
The judgment written by Justice Adamu Jauro and read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Asaba division, delivered on May 5, 2023 which upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court, Asaba division, to the effect that Aghwarianovwe failed to prove his case and that Oborevwori was qualified to contest the last governorship election in the state.
It was also noted that that none of
the grounds of the appeal showed that the concurrent findings of the two lower
courts were perverse.
Other members of the panel;
Justices Mohammed Garba, Ibrahim Saulawa, Tijani Abubakar, Agim – agreed with
the lead judgment.
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