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The verdict of the court has definitely upset the applecart for the party. The court also ruled that Edevbie, as the first runner-up during the gubernatorial primary election, is the authentic candidate of the party. Taiwo declared that Sheriff Oborevwori was technically unqualified to vie for the govership ticket of the PDP.

However, that appeared to be the situation until last ThursdayвЂ™s Abuja High Court judicial pronouncement on the legal implications of the exercise that threw up the state assembly speaker as the PDP standard-bearer.Дelivering his ruling on the petition brought before the court by one of the contestants at the primary election held in the main bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Olorogun David Edevbie, the presiding judge, Justice Taiwo O. It seemed that the party was poised to galvanize its energy and resources towards facing the opposition offered by others like the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023.

Although, keen observers believe that the emergence of Oborevwori wasДЄctually a culmination of years of scheming and intricate subterranean maneouvre by different power blocs and influential individuals in the party, the successful conclusion of the gubernatorial primary election was regarded as a huge step towards a smooth transition in 2023. On May 25, 2022, the PDP picked its gubernatorial candidate in the person of Sheriff Oborevwori, who is currently Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly. While other parties struggle with their plans to break PDPвЂ™s stranglehold on political power in the state, the party, more often than not, has apparently been unable to evolve a crisis-free and seamless process of selection or election of its candidates for the governorship and other elections.

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Even at that, struggle for control within a political party is no less fierce hence the talk about internal democracy mechanism.Д¬urrently, democracy is evidently on trial in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, the party in power in the state, and indeed has been in power since the restoration of democratic rule in Nigeria in 1999. Multi-party system is often regarded as the hallmark of genuine democracies, though the system has its challenges mainly because parties sometimes engage in fierce contest for control of power.

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Omon-Julius Onabu writes on the intrigues playing out in Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party which has culminated in an Abuja Court voiding the choice of Sheriff Oborevwori, as its gubernatorial candidateДemocracy as a political system is hinged, at least in theory, on majority rule through free and fair elections as well as guarantee of minority rights of the citizens.

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