Bayelsa governorship: Sylva heads for Appeal Court

Nathan Tamarapreye, Yenagoa

The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State and former Minister of State, Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has expressed dissatisfaction with Monday’s Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal judgment.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Julius Bokoru, Sylva immediately held a meeting with elders and stakeholders of the party after the judgement.

Rising from the meeting, the former Governor of Bayelsa State directed his legal team to seek justice at the Court of Appeal immediately.

Before the judgement, Sylva had accused the tribunal of bias following several infractions observed by his lawyers during the hearing.

He subsequently filed an interlocutory appeal demanding the panel’s dissolution and reconstitution of a new one.

Sylva said: “We are not satisfied with the tribunal’s decision. But this is just a court of first instance and after meeting with the elders and critical stakeholders of our great party, the APC, we directed our legal team to seek justice for Bayelsa at the Supreme Court”.

The governorship candidate assured the people of Bayelsa that the court of appeal would surely correct the travesty perpetrated by the tribunal.

He declared that the liberation of Bayelsa was close, adding that justice was inevitable for the traumatised people of the state, appealing to them to remain positive, law-abiding and steadfast.