Bayelsa Guber Case: Appeal Court Rejects Eradiri’s Petition Against Diri

Bayelsa Guber Case: Appeal Court Rejects Eradiri’s Petition Against Diri

Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Saturday, dismissed the petition by the Labour Party and its governorship candidate Udengmobofa Eradiri challenging the emergence of governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, as governor of Bayelsa State.

Delivering judgment, a three-man panel upheld the decision of the tribunal, which had dismissed the LP’s petition for lacking in merit.

The appellate court stated that the tribunal was right when it held that the appellants petition was abandoned, having not been signed by either the petitioners or their counsel, as required by law.

More so, the court held that attachment of alleged forged documents to form EC8 submitted to INEC by the 3rd respondent is a pre election matter which should not have been brought to the tribunal.

It was the reasoning of panel that Eradiri and his party failed to prove allegations of non qualification and certificate forgery against Governor Diri and his deputy, as contained in their petition.

Consequently, appeal panel awarded the cost of two hundred thousand Naira against the appellant in favour of each of the respondents in the appeal.

Details soon….