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An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Saturday ruled that Sen.
Heineken Lokpobiri’s petition, challenging the APC governorship primary
election in Bayelsa was filed out of time.
Reading the judgment, Justice Isaiah Olefemi said that Lokpobiri failed
to comply with the statutory 14 days period, saying that he ought to
have filed the case not later than Sept. 17, 2019.
“The matter was filed on Sept. 18, outside the 14 days statutory period. The petition was not filed within time,’’ he said.
It will be recalled that Lokpobiri, a former Minister of State for
Agriculture, had approached a Federal High Court, challenging the
emergence of Chief David Lyon as the governorship candidate of the APC
in Bayelsa.
He had prayed the court to declare him the candidate of the APC, saying
that he and not Lyon won the party’s governorship primaries in the
state.
The lower court had ruled outside its prayers, declaring that APC had no candidate for the election.
The appeal court, however, held that although Lokpobiri had the right to
contest the outcome of the party’s governorship primaries, he only did
so outside the stipulated time.
The court further held that the parties were right to challenge the
lower court’s decision which said that APC had no candidate for the Nov.
16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa.
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