The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has re-amended its list of candidates for the Bayelsa governorship election, restoring the names of Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), earlier removed by the commission.
“Amendment No 2: Amended list of candidates for the 2023 Bayelsa state governorship election under court orders” published on the INEC website on Monday, was signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony.
Oriaran-Anthony recalled that the final list of candidates for the 2023 Bayelsa Governorship Election was amended on Oct. 16. “By the provisions 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.
NAN also reports that on Oct. 31, the Court of Appeal in Abuja set aside the October 9 judgment given by Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja nullifying the nomination of Sylva as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Bayelsa governorship election scheduled for Nov. 11.NAN reports that a Federal High Court had on Oct. 9 disqualified Sylva from the contest following a suit by a member of the APC in the state, Demesuoyefa Kolomo.
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