2023 Bayelsa Guber Election: Court Invalidates Timipre Sylva’s Candidacy
Ahead of the November 11, 2023, governorship election in Baye;sa state, the Federal High Court , Abuja on Monday invalidated Chief Timipre Sylva’s candidacy.
Sylva is the APC gubernatorial candidate.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Justice Donatus Okorowo ruled that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa state, would be breaching the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest governorship election again.
‘So, if Sylva is allowed to contest the next election, it means a person can contest as many times as he wishes’ he said.
Bayelsa state APC big wig, Mr. Deme Kolomo had in the suit he filed on June 13, 2023 , sought that Sylva should have his candidacy invalidated having gotten sworn in as governor of Bayelsa state on three different occasions.
Sylva, a former member of the old Rivers state House of Assembly, was the governor of Bayelsa state from 2007 to 2012 . He was however temporarily out of office between April 15, 2008 and May 27, 2008. He also served as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources during the Muhammadu Buhari administration-Team@orientactualmags.com
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