31st October, 2023
By Nathan NWAKAMMA
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the Appeal Court has given the people of Bayelsa a choice between light and darkness. with its ruling restoring its candidate, Timipre Sylva to the ballot of the state November 11 governorship election.
The Bayelsa chapter of APC said this while applauding the judgment of the Court of Appeal setting aside the disqualification Sylva, the governorship candidate of the party from the Nov 11 poll in a statement by its Publicity Secretary in Yenagoa on Tuesday in a statement.
“The Appeal Court by its ruling has given the people of Bayelsa a choice on Nov. 11. A choice between light and darkness. A choice between moving to the mountain top and descending to the valley below.
“A choice between moving forward and backward. Democracy is about choices. And the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in sponsoring this frivolous case has demonstrated its mortal fear of our party, APC, and candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva.
“The PDP is desperate. They do not want us on the ballot. We thank God that this distraction is now over. Justice has been served,” he said.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday reversed the disqualification of the APC candidate for the November poll.
The Appeal Court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel, ruled that the first respondent (Mr. Demesuoyefa Kolomo) was not an aspirant in the election and therefore lacked the locus standi to file the case; that the upper court cannot exercise jurisdiction where the lower court lacked it; and that the appeal was meritorious and allowed.
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