October 31, (THEWILL) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the October 9 judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, nullifying the nomination of Timipre Sylva, as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa State governorship election scheduled for November 11.
A three-member panel of the appellate court, in a judgement on Tuesday, held that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to have heard and determined the case filed by Demesuoyefa Kolomo, who described himself as a registered voter and a member of the APC.
The court held that having not been an aspirant who participated in APC’s governorship primary, Kolomo lacked the locus standi to approach the court to challenge the nomination of the party’s candidate.
It proceeded to set aside the Federal High Court judgement, allowed the appeal filed by Sylva and granted all the reliefs sought.
The court also awarded N1 million cost in favour of Sylva.
In a separate judgement, the court also allowed a similar appeal filed on the same issue by the APC and equally awarded N1m cost in favour of the APC.
