Timipre Sylva Reinstated As Bayelsa APC Guber Candidate
THE Court of Appeal in Abuja earlier today reinstated Timipre Sylva as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 11 November Bayelsa State governorship election.
The three-member panel, in a unanimous judgment, held that the trial court, which nullified Mr Sylva’s candidature, lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by an APC member, Demesuoyefa Kolomo, having not been an aspirant in the primaries that produced the ex-minister of petroleum resources.
The court also awarded the sum of N1 million in favour of the appellant (Sylva) in the first appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1060/2023 between APC and Kolomo.
The panel equally awarded the sum of N1 million in favour of Mr Sylva in the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1061/2023 between Mr Sylva vs. Mr Kolomo and two others.
Mr Sylva’s appeals were against the 9 October judgement delivered by Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, which disqualified Mr Sylva as a candidate in the 11 November election on the ground that he had been sworn in twice and as a result of that is not qualified to seek election as governor.
Mr Kolomo, who described himself as a registered voter, had, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/821/2023 filed on 3 June 2023 prayed the court to delete Mr Sylva’s name from the list of candidates vying for the election, having taken an oath of office twice as governor of the state.
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