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Court of Appeal sitting in Bayelsa, has granted stay of execution on Court order that Nullified the governorship primaries that produced Chief David Lyon as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the November 16 poll in the state. Recall that A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, on Thursday nullified the governorship primaries that produced Chief David Lyon as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the November 16 poll in the state.
The All
Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Judge of the Federal High Court
sitting in Yenagoa, Justice Jane Inyang of escaping with the judgement she
delivered nullifying the party’s primary election that produced Chief David
Lyon as the candidate of the party for the Saturday governorship election.
The
Vice-Chairman, Media, APC Campaign Council, Julius Bokoru, said Inyang,
immediately after delivering the verdict ran away with the copy of the
judgement to frustrate the APC from heading for the Appeal Court.
Bokoru said
the judge was at large and was working in cahoots with the state government to
stop the APC from fielding a candidate at the poll.
He said:
“The information at our disposal is that Justice Inyang has escaped with the
judgement she delivered today against the APC. She is at large and unreachable.
“But we
learnt that she ran into the Government House after giving her verdict.
“The plan is
to frustrate the APC from appealing the judgement which we know will not stand
the test of time.
“She is
working with the PDP and the state government to ensure that we do not
participate in the election to allow the PDP go into the poll without contest.
“We are
asking Inyang to come out of her hiding place and give us access to the
judgement.
“And we are
calling on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to look into the conduct of
Inyang and the circumstances behind her actions”.
Bokoru said Inyang knew that she went into a voyage of discovery and assumed the role of Father Christmas by granting a relief not sought by the plaintiff and former Minister of State for Petroleum, Senator Heineken Lokopbiri.
He wondered
why the judge abandoned Lokpobiri’s relief that he should be declared the
winner of the primary election to make pronouncement on the validity of the
primary.
“She has
done what she sets out to do against the APC but what we don’t understand is
why she has hidden the judgement from us. This is not justice and this is not
democracy.
“Inyang
should know that her conduct is provoking millions of Bayelsans who are
yearning for change and should be held responsible whatever her conduct should
cause in the state.
“We are assuring our supporters that no matter how they try we will succeed and win this election on Saturday.
Court of Appeal sitting in Bayelsa today Thursday 14th November 2019, has granted stay of execution on Court order that Nullified the governorship primaries that produced Chief David Lyon as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the November 16 poll in the state.