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Furious Sylva rejects
INEC position
on Supreme Court Judgement
Newsdiaryonline Mon Jan 30,2012
Sylva
Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva
has reacted furiously to the directives issued by
Professor Attahiru Jega today.Jega in a statement said only
candidates that
emerged after the Court of Appeal ruling of Friday April 15
,2011 will be recognized for elections scheduled for February
in 4 state .Jega made
the statement after studying the Supreme Court verdict sacking 5
PDP governors.
But Sylva , in a
statement by Doifie Ola his media aide said “ The attention of
Chief Timipre Sylva has been drawn to a statement by the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) saying that
only candidates who emerged after the Court of Appeal judgement
of 15 April 2011 are recognised for the Bayelsa State
Governorship election fixed for 11 February 2012.
Sylva who appears furious said he "believes that under our
laws, it is not the place of INEC to interpret any court
judgement. More importantly, Sylva disagrees completely with
this interpretation of the Supreme Court judgement. He does not
regard the INEC position as final.
“For him, the Supreme Court is better placed to resolve the
matter of the proper candidate for the PDP in the Bayelsa State
governorship election. Only on Monday, the Supreme Court granted
Sylva leave to validate his candidacy in the election, as his
cross appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling and application
for accelerated hearing received the apex court’s nod.
The former governor
urged
his supporters to remain confident and hopeful that at the end
of the day, justice will be done.
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