The Court of Appeal in Abuja confirmed Timipre Sylva as the rightful candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11 Bayelsa gubernatorial election. In a unanimous judgement, a three-member panel held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to nullify Mr Sylva’s candidacy, as the suit was filed by an APC member, Demesuoyefa Kolomo, who was not an aspirant in the primaries that produced the former Minister of Petroleum. Additionally, the court awarded Mr. Sylva the sum of N1 million in the first appeal between the APC and Kolomo, marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1060/2023.

The panel equally awarded the sum of N1 million in favour of Mr Sylva in the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1061/2023 between Mr Sylva vs. Mr Kolomo and two others.

Mr Sylva’s appeals were against the Oct. 9 judgement delivered by Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, which disqualified Mr Sylva as a candidate in the Nov. 11 election.

Mr 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 Mr Sylva’s name from the list of candidates vying for the election, having taken an oath of office twice as governor of the state.

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