Governor Sherif Oborevwori, on Friday, July 7, in Asaba, declared that his electoral victory is permanent despite schemes by his rival.
Oborevwori spoke at a thanksgiving quickly put together following an order of the Supreme Court striking out of an appeal challenging his qualification for the March 18 governorship election.
The appeal was brought by Mr Ikie Aghwarianovwe, one of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Federal High Court in Asaba had thrown out the suit, describing it as an abuse of the court process.
But Aghwarianovwe went to the Appeal Court and lost before heading to the Supreme Court, where his fate was sealed on Friday.
In a wholly agreed judgement of the apex court, delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the appeal was dismissed for lacking merit and ordered Chief Ikie to pay N3 million each as the cost to PDP and Oborevwori.
Last Thursday, the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba struck out the petition of the Labour Party candidate, Ken Pela, who challenged Oborevwori’s victory.
Reacting to the legal successes during thanksgiving, Oborevwori said that “victory is permanent; no man can destroy it.”
Oborevwori described the litigation processes as a “challenging journey, but the victory shall be permanent.”
