Raji, who is counsel to Chief Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress ’s candidate in the Nov. 11 Bayelsa election, described the decision of the electoral umpire as prejudicial.
Unsatisfied with the judgment, Sylva approached the Court of Appeal, through his layer, Raji, to challenge the decision of the court. The senior lawyer said it was shocking for the INEC to release such publication when the judgement the commission acted upon had already been appealed against at the Court of Appeal. .
“This is in view of the fact that the parties that went to court are not candidate in the forthcoming election, unlike our client. In other words, they do not have anything to lose, rather, they are fighting proxy battles to deny our client and his party the opportunity to participate in the forthcoming election.
NAN reports that the Court of Appeal in Abuja, has scheduled hearing for Friday in the appeal filed by Slyva.Sylva and APC are, by their suits, praying the Court of Appeal to set aside the Oct. 9 judgment by Justice Okorowo , voiding Sylva’s candidacy.
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