BREAKING: Tribunal Suspends Okowa Vs. Ogboru Judgment Temporarily Over Power Outrage

The Delta State Governorship Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba has temporarily halted today’s governorship election petition ruling due to power outrage.

Chief Great Ogboru, APC governorship candidate in the March 9, election is challenging the election of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the PDP.

The tribunal had fixed today for judgment in the petition filed by APC and Ogboru after adopting written addresses from all the parties.

BIGPEN Online reports that power outrage occurred few minutes after the tribunal presided by Justice Sulaiman Belgore convened Friday morning.

The situation prompted the adjournment as the court became uncomfortable for the judges, counsels, litigants, politicians and journalists.

Our correspondents monitoring the ruling, report that a standby power generating set for the court broke down few days ago, and was yet to be fixed before the judgment day.

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The judge, Justice Belgore, following the situation adjourned proceedings for ten minutes to enable the technical session sort things out.

Prior to this, counsels to both parties had already stated their appearance while party representatives also announced their appearance.

Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in and around the court premises on Ibusa road, Asaba even as anxiety continue to mount over the outcome of the much-awaited tribunal rulings.