Delta-born renowned human and environmental rights advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff, has congratulated the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, on his Supreme Court victory as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
The Supreme Court had on Friday, October 21, 2022, affirmed the nomination of Sheriff Oborevwori as the Delta PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections.
The judgement was delivered by a five-member panel of the apex court, led by Amina Augie, which upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
In his congratulatory message to Oborevwori, Mulade said the verdict of the Supreme Court is a strength to the people and a hope for Deltans.
He however encouraged Oborevwori to be pragmatic in his approach to unite his party faithful irrespective of ethnicity, language and senatorial districts.
The peace and development advocate further called on Deltans to give adequate and maximum support to a man with street leadership qualities and passion for development with community knowledge-based to attract opportunities to the state ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Oborevwori on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, emerged as the winner of the PDP governorship primary in Delta State, which was conducted at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, the state capital.
He scored 597 votes from a total of 825 accredited delegates from the 25 local government areas of the state to defeat his closest rival Olorogun David Edevbie, who polled 113 votes to clinch the second position.
