Bayelsa APC Deputy Gov. Candidate, Maciver Risk Disqualification Ahead Of November Poll Over Alleged Conviction | Sahara Reporters

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Ahead of the Bayelsa State governorship election slated for November 11, 2023, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, strong indications have emerged that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Timpre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver, risk disqualification. This was disclosed on the heels of a suit filed against the defendants, Sylva, Maciver, and INEC, by the plaintiff, Incorporated Trustees of the Trustfield Empowerment Initiative at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Bayelsa APC Deputy Gov. Candidate, Maciver Risk Disqualification Ahead Of November Poll Over Alleged ConvictionThis was disclosed on the heels of a suit filed against the defendants, Sylva, Maciver, and INEC, by the plaintiff, Incorporated Trustees of the Trustfield Empowerment Initiative at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

According to the plaintiff, Maciver has a jail term still running over a criminal offence, hence the party's governorship candidate, Sylva does not have a valid running mate for the election. "Due to term of imprisonment, Maciver should not be given recognition by INEC as the running mate of Sylva for the 2023 Bayelsa State Governorship Election is not at variance with the Constitution of the Federal of Nigeria, null and void ab initio?

"Therefore, we pray the Federal High Court, Abuja to give an order of perpetual injunction restraining the INEC from recognising MacIver and Sylva as not having a running mate for the 2023 Bayelsa State Governorship Election."

 

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