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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit seeking to stop the All Progressives Congress Governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Timipre Sylva, from participating in the election slated for Saturday.
An Appeal Court on Friday cleared former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to participate in the Saturday governorship election. This comes less than 24 hours to conduct Governorship election in Bayelsa The Appellate Court on dismissed the last of the chains of suits seeking exclusion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate in
Appeal Court on Friday cleared former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to participate in the Saturday governorship election
The presiding judge, Justice B. O. Quadri, ruled on Tuesday that the case, marked FHC/YNG/CS/114/2023, was statute barred and the court, in effect, lacked the jurisdiction to entertain it.
This is the situation - when there are legal cases, you have to wait until the end of the legal issues. Because things can happen within a few days or a few weeks. If you have something today and the person is appealing to a higher court, you have to wait until the higher court takes a decision.