Bayelsa guber: Tribunal reserves judgment in Sylva’s petition against Diri
23 April 2024 | 4:33 am
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgment in a petition filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylvia, against the declaration of Douye Diri as the governor of the state in the November 2023 election.
Timipre Sylva. Photo; TWITTER/NNPCGROUP
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgment in a petition filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylvia, against the declaration of Douye Diri as the governor of the state in the November 2023 election.
Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Adekunle Adeleye, yesterday, in Abuja, announced that the judgment would be delivered within 180 days statutorily allowed by law.
The chairman said that parties in the petition would be communicated as soon as the judgment delivery date is fixed. At yesterday’s proceedings, the petitioners, Sylvia and APC, adopted their final written address, praying the tribunal to annul the declaration of Diri as the winner of the election.
Their lead counsel told the tribunal that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wrongfully excluded results before arriving at the declaration of Diri as a winner.
The petitioners’ lawyer stated that the electoral body did not debunk the allegation of wrongful exclusion of results by not calling the state election result collation officer to testify.
He, therefore, urged the tribunal to objectively decide the petition on the strength of the evidence adduced by the petitioners, especially because INEC did not call a single witness to challenge all the allegations.
However, counsel to the respondent informed the tribunal that the petition by Sylvia died on arrival because it is grossly deficient in quantity and quality of evidence.
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