The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that it will appeal the court judgment against its Bayelsa governorship candidate, Mr Timipreye Sylva.
Abdullahi Ganduje, APC national chairman, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja.
He described the judgment as unfortunate, noting however that it was actually democracy in action.
‘’Well, it’s unfortunate that judgment, but we can say that it is democracy in action.
“But, we learned that the person who took the issue to the court is not even qualified, because he did not contest with Sylva.
‘’Therefore, he’s not even qualified to take the issue to the court. However, we are appealing. We’re waiting for the judgement and then we appeal for calm on that issue,’’ Ganduje said.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja disqualified former Bayelsa Governor, Mr Timipre Sylva, from contesting the election coming up in November.
The judge, Justice Donatus Okorowo, ruled on Monday that Sylva would violate the 1999 constitution by running after having taken the Oath of Office twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa.
Sylva was governor of Bayelsa between 2007 and 2011 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Ganduje, however, said that the judgment would not deter the party from its arrangement for the election coming up next month.
He said, ‘’Last two weeks, I was in Bayelsa for two good days and I think they were ready and they’re still ready to win the election.
‘’Therefore, this is a little distraction anyway, but we will overcome it.
“We believe the appeal court will give us positive judgment; that will not stop us from making arrangement for the forthcoming election.”
Source: NAN
