Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in Sylva’s Appeal

By Nelson Utip

The Supreme Court has  on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Timipre Sylva of  the All Progressives Congress APC  in the Nov. 11 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state.

Headed by Justice Garba Lawal, The five-member justices adjourned the judgment to a later date that will be made known  to all parties involved

Read Also: Okpoama Youth Leader to Daumiebi: Sylva did not Campaign in Okpoama, Face your Problems Straight

Counsel to Sylva, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN had earlier prayed the justices to set aside the judgments of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal which had earlier dismissed their petition, he  asked the apex court to declare null and void  the declaration of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the election and declare Sylva instead as the duely election governor of Bayelsa state.

However , Chris Uche, SAN, councel to governor Diri, urged the court to dismiss the appeal, saying that the appeal is terribly bad and lacks merit as  no witness or documents supported his request being made at the court.

Read Also: Bayelsa Guber Poll: Sylva Kicks Against Tribunal’s Verdict, Heads To Appeal Court

INEC, represented by Charles Edoshomwan who represented INEC in the suit and Tayo Oyetibo councel to Peoples Democratic Party PDP  both supported Uche’s call for the dismissal of the appeal for want of merit.