*Calls on party members to be hopeful of Court of Appeal judgment
By Victor Lewis
A PDP pressure group known as PDP Unity Group, for the actualization of the governorship candidate of Chief David Edevbie, today, met at the home of former House of Reps member, Hon. Daniel Reyeineju, Warri to Inaugurate the Delta South chapter.
The meeting which was well-attended by chieftains of the PDP from across Delta South and beyond resolved to mobilize support for Chief David Edevbie’s governorship candidacy for the PDP.
It would be recalled that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja last month, in its judgment pronounced Chief David Edevbie as the authentic PDP governorship candidate for the 2023 election. This followed the Justice Taiwo Taiwo ruling nullifying the candidacy of Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori who emerged as the candidate from the primary conducted by party.
Although the Federal High Court judgment has been appealed at the Court of Appeal, by Hon. Oborevwori and awaiting judgment very soon, the Unity Group members have been meeting at different parts of the State mobilizing support for Edevbie who they believe will also get judgment from the Court of Appeal.
The Delta South chapter inaugurated today has former House of Representatives member for Warri Federal Constituency, Hon. Daniel Reyeineju as the leader.
Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting, Hon. Reyeineju stated that the group’s meeting was to bring members of the party together to sensitize the people to support Edevbie as the governorship candidate of the party.
According to him, the pronouncement of the Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, Delta State PDP candidate is Olorogun David Edevbie, adding that they were also sensitizing the people to have hope that Edevbie will emerge as the final governorship candidate of the party.
“We are all PDP members and what we are doing is to sensitize is the people, bring them together to support our gubernatorial candidate in the person of Olorogun David Edevbie.
“We need to let people know that Delta State is not derailing. As far as we are concerned upon the judgment of court by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, Delta State already have a gubernatorial candidate in the person of David Edevbie.
“What we are trying to tell our people is for them to keep hope alive”, Reyeineju said.
Also fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the meeting, a former member representing Patani State Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Dr. Tonye Timi, stated that the group met Inaugurate the Delta South chapter as well as to express assurance that the judgment of the Federal High Court which declared Edevbie as the authentic governorship candidate of the party will be upheld by the Court of Appeal.
“We are here for the David Edevbie Unity Group meeting. It is a meeting that arise from being lawful party members. There were issues that arose after the party’s primary and the court declared somebody the rightful governorship candidate of the party in the person of David Edevbie.
“So, we are working for him, working for the party and working for the State”, he said.
Present at the meeting was the State leader of the Unity Group and former Speaker of DTHA, Hon. Orusanya, Hon. Monday Igbuya (leader of Unity Group for Delta Central), Malik Ikpokpo, Hon. Basil Ganagana, amongst others.
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