The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, Tuesday, cleared the immediate pass Minister of Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, for the November 11, governorship election in Bayelsa State, under the umbrella of All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Appellate Court awarded the sum of N1million in favour of the appallate.
The three-member panel, in a unanimous judgement held that the federal high court which nullified Sylva’s candidature lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by an APC member, Demesuoyefa Kolomo.
The court held that Kolomo was not an aspirant in the primary election that produced the ex-minister of petroleum.
Kolomo, who described himself as a registered voter, had, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/821/2023 filed on June 3, prayed the court to delete Sylva’s name from the list of candidates vying for the election, having taken an oath of office twice as governor of the state.
Justice Donatus Okorowo, of the federal high court, Abuja, had on October, 9, disqualified Sylva as candidate in the November 11 governorship election.
