PDP Reclaims Bayelsa as Supreme Court Sacks APC’s Governor-elect via thisdaylive
Ruling party rejects verdict, says no gov in BayelsaChuks Okocha, Alex Enumah, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa
A five-man panel of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Mary Peter Odili, ruled that the joint ticket of Lyon and Degi-Eremienyo was vitiated by the disqualification of the running mate, who is the first respondent in the appeal. Expectedly, the PDP lauded the judgment, but insisted on the Supreme Court revisiting its January 14, 2020 verdict that nullified the election of Hon. Emeka Ihedioha as Imo State governor.
•That the joint ticket of the 1st and 2nd respondents sponsored by the 3rd respondent was vitiated by the disqualification of the 1st respondent; INEC had declared APC and Lyon as winner of the Bayelsa governorship poll having won majority of the votes cast in the election. However, the Supreme Court said its findings proved that there was no nexus between the names in the certificates Degi-Eremienyo presented to INEC and the names in his submitted Form CF 001.
Degi-Eremienyo had appealed against the judgment of the Federal High Court and a three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Stephen Adah, had held that the Federal High Court judge erred in his decision disqualifying the APC’s deputy governorship candidate and set aside the verdict of the lower court.
THISDAY gathered that with APC on the ballot, it would be difficult for the PDP to achieve the 25 per cent spread. He said: “If a political party and its candidate are not qualified to be on the ballot, the implication is that the votes cast or scored by that party are wasted votes. In the calculation of majority votes and spread, the commission will discountenance those votes and recalculate geographical spread based on the new formula.”
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Oshiomhole said it was clear that no candidate had the constitutional spread, unless there is a deliberate attempt to abuse the legal process. On his part, Dickson warned that no resident should take the laws into their hands while celebrating or protesting the judicial decision.
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