The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) Sheriff Oborevwori was elected governor of Delta State, and the petition against his election was denied by the Supreme Court on Friday.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its nominee, Ovie Omo-Agege, a former Senate Deputy President, filed the appeals.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Labour Party (LP), along with their respective candidates for governor, filed the other appeals.
Oborevwori's election was upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Delta State Election Petition Tribunal, who stated that the accusations of electoral malpractice and noncompliance against him were unfounded.
However, the SDP, APC, and PDP legal teams went to the supreme court and requested that the governor be dismissed.
Robert E., the attorney representing APC candidate Ovie Omo-Agege, contended that the Electoral Act required that an election be declared invalid if key voting materials were missing their serial numbers.
However, because the appellants had no merit, Damian Dodo, the governor's attorney, requested the supreme court to uphold the ruling of the lower courts.
Dodo claims that there is no clause in the applicable electoral rules stating that the absence of a serial number on election materials might result in the annulment of an election.
The five-member panel of the supreme court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro, declared in its ruling on Friday that there was unquestionably substantial adherence to the Electoral Act.
In any event, Okoro continued, the distribution of the governor's votes cannot be impacted by the contested electoral forms.
Overall, Okoro declared, "the appeal is dismissed," noting that the appellants had not been able to demonstrate non-compliance with the electoral process.
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