Bayelsa poll: INEC excludes Sylva’s name from candidates list

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has excluded the name of the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Timipre Sylva, from the final list of candidates for the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State.

The amended list, which was uploaded on the commission’s website on Tuesday, was signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony.

According to Oriaran-Anthony, the action of the commission is in obedience to court orders on the lists, served on the commission. “By virtue of the provision of Section 287 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 , the commission is bound to enforce the orders of the court on the nomination of candidates by political parties in the state.

 

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