The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by a former minister of state for petroleum resources Timipre Sylva over the governorship election that took place in Bayelsa on November 11, 2023.
Justice Garba Lawal, leading a five-member panel, adjourned the judgment on Monday to a date that would be communicated to parties after counsel adopted their processes in the appeal.
Bayelsa State governorship election petition tribunal and the Court of Appeal both upheld the victory of Governor Douye Diri of the PDP.
Earlier, Sylva’s lawyer Onyechi Ikpeazu prayed the justices to set aside the judgments.
Ikpeazu asked the apex court to invalidate Diri’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the poll and declare Sylva as the lawful winner of the election.
But Diri’s lawyer Chris Uche urged the court to dismiss the appeal brought against his client.
Uche insisted that Sylva’s appeal was terribly bad beyond redemption as no witness or documents supported his request being made at the court.
He maintained that the appeal was devoid of merit and should be dismissed in its entirety.
