Outgoing Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party celebrating the Supreme Court’s judgment sacking Bayelsa State Governor elect, David Lyon.
Photo: Daniels IgoniPDP candidate didn’t score 25% of lawful votes – OshiomholeJohn Alechenu, John Ameh, Friday Olokor, Ade Adesomoju, Success Nwogu, Oladimeji Ramon, Daniels Igoni and Armstrong Bakam
The court nullified the election of Lyon and his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, who were declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission as winners of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state.The panel, in its unanimous judgment, ordered the candidates of the party with the next highest votes and the required constitutional spread of votes in the results of the governorship election declared by INEC to be sworn in as their replacements.
At exactly 1:15pm on Thursday, the Supreme Court in its judgment in Abuja put paid to the preparations when it nullified the candidacy of Lyon’s deputy, Degi-Eremienyo, on the grounds that he presented false information about his educational qualifications in his Form CF001 submitted to INEC as a candidate for the 2019 election.
He said, “In sum total, the joint ticket of the first and second respondents sponsored by the 3rd respondent, APC, was vitiated by the disqualification of the first respondent .Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Eko, nullified the APC’s victory, restored and affirmed the earlier judgment of Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which disqualified Degi-Eremienyo’s candidacy and nullified the party’s ticket for the poll.
He was also said to have claimed to have “obtained his West African Examinations Council General Certificate of Education in 1984” and presented to INEC, “a GCE certificate of one Adegi Bibakuo other than the one bearing his name Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo as shown in his INEC Form CF001.” It held that “clearly, the lower court erred when it held that the affidavit of correction of names sworn to by the first defendant” had corrected the numerous discrepancies in his names in August.
It ordered fresh ones to be issued to the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the party with the highest votes and met the constitutional spread of votes in the election.No govt in Bayelsa, PDP candidate won’t be sworn inThe PDP and the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, clashed over the inteprtation of the judgment on Thursday.
“But, as far as we know, the next candidate, as the facts are before the court, who happens to be a PDP candidate, does not have one quarter of the total lawful votes cast in that election in two-thirds of the local government councils in Bayelsa State.”But the PDP dismissed Oshiomhole’s statement. The party warned Oshiomhole to steer clear of Bayelsa State as his apparent plot to trigger violence in the state had failed.
Atiku in his personal verified twitter handle @atiku, urged the apex court to be consistent in its judgment. But word suddenly came from their offices that the press conference had been cancelled, just as the apex court delivered its judgment.learnt that the cancellation was an immediate reaction to the court’s decision to avoid being put under pressure to comment on the development.effort to get Shehu to comment on whether Buhari would still travel to Bayelsa today got no response.
The flags of APC earlier erected at the roundabout in front of the Government House, Yenagoa, were uprooted by PDP supporters.It was gathered that the leaders of the APC had booked major hotel accommodation for visiting guests ahead of the ceremony.
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