Appeal Court orders Bayelsa tribunal to play video on election cancellation
The Court of Appeal Division in Abuja yesterday ordered the Bayelsa
State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to play
in open court the video recording tendered as evidence by the former
Governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva.
Sylva who was the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship
candidate, is challenging the election of Governor Seriake Dickson of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged malpractices in the
conduct of the polls that brought Dickson to office as Bayelsa State
governor between December 2015 and January 2016.
In a unanimous judgment on an interlocutory appeal filed by Sylva the
appellate court set aside the ruling of the Tribunal delivered on May
10, 2016 which rejected the request of Sylva to play the video which
was tendered as evidence.
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