BREAKING: Court Sacks Timipre Sylva As Bayelsa APC Governorship Candidate
- The court in Abuja has delivered its judgment on the candidacy of Timipre Sylva as the APC governorship candidate
- A few weeks before the Bayelsa state gubernatorial election slated for November 11, 2023, the Federal High Court disqualified Sylva
- This is coming barely weeks after the APC in Bayelsa state received members of the PDP and Labour Party into its fold, who declared support for Sylva
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FCT, Abuja - Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the Saturday, November 11 election in Bayelsa state.
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Why court sacked APC governorship candidate
In a judgement delivered on Monday, October 9, Justice Okoro ruled that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of the state, would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest again, ThisDay reported.
The judge also declared that Sylva, the APC candidate, was not qualified to run in the poll because if he wins and is sworn in, he would spend more than eight years in office as governor of the state, SaharaReporters confirmed.
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He further stated if Sylva was allowed to contest the next election, it meant a person could contest as many times as he wanted.
This is coming after the APC claimed that there was no crack in its camp ahead of the election in Bayelsa state and that all stakeholders in the state are on the same page to deliver the party's candidate, Sylva, in the election, Daily Trust reported.
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Earlier, Francis Okoye, the convener of APC South-East Coalition, Francis Okoye, predicted the outcome of the Bayelsa governorship election slated to be held on Saturday, November 11, 2023.
Okoye, in an interview with Legit.ng on Saturday, September 30 via telephone, disclosed that the ruling party in Bayelsa state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the opposition APC, had all it takes to emerge victorious at the poll.
PDP, LP, others defect to APC, back Sylva
Legit.ng reported earlier that about 50,000 leaders, aides to Governor Douye Diri and members of other political parties have decamped to the opposition APC in the state.
Some of the defectors are members of the PDP and Labour Party (LP), among others.
This was disclosed in a statement made available to Legit.ng on Thursday, September 29.
Bayelsa governor's aide dumps PDP
Similarly, the camp of the PDP in Bayelsa state, headed by Governor Douye Diri, suffered a major loss.
On Monday, September 18, some of Governor Diri's principal aides and the state youth leader of the PDP, Nunieh Odede, dumped the party for the APC and declared support for Sylva.
Source: Legit.ng
