A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted a stay of execution on the judgment delivered by the Federal High Court Yenagoa which nullified the primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Ruling on a petition filed by Heineken Lokpobiri, one of the displeased APC governorship aspirants, the federal court said the governorship primary was not conducted in accordance with the guidelines and constitution of the party.
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Mr Lokpobiri, a former minister of state for agriculture had approached the court, praying it to declare him the authentic gubernatorial candidate of the party.
But Timipire Sylva, the leader of APC in the state, said at a news conference in Yenagoa on Thursday evening that an appeal court has granted a stay of execution on the matter.
He said that the APC and its candidate Mr David Lyon would fully participate in Saturday’s governorship election.
“I must tell you that the judgment nullifying the primary was clearly a biased one with all due respect to the judiciary.
“So, I have come to address you because we have good news for the people of Bayelsa. The court in Abuja has granted us stay of execution.
“That means, we are fully as a party in the position of contesting this election.
“Because we know that the people of Bayelsa are seriously behind us and we will win the election.
“Everyone in Bayelsa knows that APC has the majority in the state and if there is an election today, it is clear even to the blind and the deaf that APC will win.
“The electorate should go en-masse and vote the candidature of the APC, Mr David Lyon,” the minister said.
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