{"id":108924,"date":"2023-10-27T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108924"},"modified":"2023-10-28T05:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:52:18","slug":"breaking-appeal-court-strikes-out-apc-sylvas-motions-for-stay-of-execution-of-lower-court-judgement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-appeal-court-strikes-out-apc-sylvas-motions-for-stay-of-execution-of-lower-court-judgement\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Appeal Court strikes out APC, Sylva\u2019s motions for stay of execution of lower court judgement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1780936286341491553\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Court of Appeal on Friday struck out the motions filed by the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking a stay of execution of the ruling of a lower court.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe appellate court also dismissed their motions seeking an order for Sylva to be relisted as a candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa.<\/p>\n<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja, on October 10, disqualified Sylva from participating in the election.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nJustice Donatus Okorowo, in the judgment, ruled that Sylva having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest again.<\/p>\n<p>The amended list uploaded online by INEC on Tuesday showed that Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver, were not included in the Bayelsa poll.<\/p>\n<p>Details later&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Court of Appeal on Friday struck out the motions filed by the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking a stay of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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