A violent crowd of party supporters has pulled down the entry doors of the Supreme Court in Abuja where judgement will be delivered on Friday in the Delta State PDP governorship dispute.
David Edevbie, a former Commissioner of Finance in the former Governor James Ibori administration is locked in a battle with Sherrif Oborevwori, Delta State House of Assembly speaker over PDP’s (Nigeria) governorship ticket for the state’s governorship election in 2023.
With the dispute set to be laid to rest on Friday, the supporters of Messrs Edevbie and Oborevwori thronged the Supreme Court complex as early as 7 a.m.
Court security operatives battled in vain to control the crowd, but were overwhelmed as they pushed through the human barriers mounted at the Court entry doors.
Immediately they vandalised the doors, they trooped into the courtroom like bees, displacing journalists from the press gallery.
Background
Mr Edevbie is alleging inconsistencies in the names on the academic…
