Delta 2023: Appeal Court orders substituted service on Edevbie in appeal by Oborevwori

•PDP’s appeal supporting Oborevwori’s candidatute heard too

Appeal Court in Abuja has ordered substituted service on Olorogun David Edevbie, who has been purportedly evading Court service.

The Appellate Court on Monday, August 1, granted the appellant’s motion for substituted service and adjourned to 8th August, so as to enable Ekeme Ohwovoriole, SAN, counsel to the appellant and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Delta State, Francis Oborevwori, to file and move motion to abridge time and accelerate the hearing of the Appeal.

Subsequently, the Court ordered the bailiff to serve all the processes on Edevbie on 2nd August 2022, at his last known residence in Afiesere community, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State.

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Similarly, the Appeal filed by PDP challenging the ruling and orders of Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, also came up Monday.

PDP is insisting in the Appeal that it conducted a valid governorship primary wherein Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori emerged as the guber candidate and was validly nominated.

Both appeals came up on 1st August, 2022.

Ekeme Ohwovoriole, SAN, and Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, appeared for Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, JP, the validly nominated candidate of Delta PDP, as held last week by Justice Okon Abang of Federal High Court in Warri.

All parties in the matter have to maintain status quo pending Appeal and Stay of execution of the Federal High Court Judgment.

Edevbie has to go through the entire legal process up to the Supreme Court, if the need arises.

PDP insisted that Edevbie was not and cannot be the guber candidate of Delta PDP; and maintained that, Rt Hon Oborevwori, an astute politician with astonishing popularity to win in 2023, is the guber candidate. (Adapted from Metrowatch)