A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, has disqualified the candidate the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, David Lyon and his running mate, Degi Eremienyo, ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
Justice Jane Inyang said that the APC breached the rules when another person, other than the statutorily recognised authority, the chairman of the party’s National Electoral Committee, announced the results of the primary election.
Senator Heineken Lokpobiri had instituted the case against the APC, it’s standard bearer, Lyon, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the disputed outcome of the September 4 governorship primaries in the state.
The judge however declined to declare Lokpobiri, a former minister, the valid candidate, as requested in his prayers before the court.
Lyon’s lawyer, Sydney Ibanichuka, told newsmen that the judgement was a travesty of justice. He said the court granted a request that was not part of the suit before
