Timipre Sylva, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has been removed from the amended lists of governorship candidates in the state for November 11 election, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC.
In the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Tuesday, Sylva’s and his running mate, were excluded due to the October 10 Federal High Court that disqualified them from participating in the state governorship election.
In the list signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, column for the names of APC candidate and his running mate had the remark “court order”.
Recall that the Federal High Court, Abuja had disqualified Sylva from participating in the state governorship election.
The court ruled that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as the Bayelsa State governor, would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest again.
The judge also declared that Sylva was not qualified to run in the November poll because if he won and was sworn in, he would spend more than eight years in office as state governor.