Bayelsa 2023: Appeal Court reserves judgement on Sylva’s appeal against disqualification

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgement on the appeals filed by the All Progressives Congress and its Bayelsa State governorship candidate,The Federal High Court had disqualified Mr Sylva as the APC candidate in the 11 November election on the grounds that he was not eligible to take part in the election, having taken the oath of office twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa.

The senior lawyer, however, argued Mr Sylva only spent six months, three weeks and two days based on his first oath of office, m in office before the election was nullified. “We urge this honourable court to look at our processes and agree with us that the judgment was a hatchet job just to tie this man not to campaign and participate in the election,” he said.

“In 2007 he was elected the Governor of Bayelsa State, but within few months, the Court of Appeal sacked him. They said instead, he would have voted for another party in the poll if he assumed Mr Sylva did not deserve his vote.

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