APC ask Supreme Court to reverse ruling on Lyon's case

Thu, Feb 20, 2020
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THE All Progressives Congress, APC, has returned to the Supreme Court with an application urging the court to reverse its decision disqualifying its candidate in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State,  David Pereworimin Lyon.

The APC, in an application filed on Thursday by its team of lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, with Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, also wants the Supreme Court to set aside the wrong interpretation given to its judgement of February 13 and the subsequent execution by the Independent National. electoral Commission, INEC.

The party is among others, contending that the Supreme Court, in its judgment, misinterpreted the November 12, 2019 judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja which it (the Supreme Court) affirmed.

The APC argued that the Supreme Court acted without jurisdiction and denied it (the party) fair hearing when it proceeded to disqualify its governorship candidate even though the Federal High Court, in the judgement by Justice Inyang Ekwo, which the apex court affirmed, refused the plaintiffs’ prayer to disqualify Lyon.

The party also faulted the interpretation given to the Supreme Court judgement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in deciding to issue a certificate of return to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

It stated: “After reinstating the judgement of the trial court in the judgement of this honourable court of the 13th February 2020, in SC.1/2020 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) & 2 Ors. v. Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo & 3 Ors., this honourable court proceeded to disqualify the governorship candidate of the applicant (Lyon David Pereworimin) despite the fact that the trial High Court refused to grant the reliefs for his disqualification and there was no appeal against same.

“In this honourable court’s judgement of 13th February 2020, the court erroneously and inadvertently stated that the trial High Court consequentially disqualified the applicant‘s governorship candidate even though the trial court made no such order and when the trial court indeed refused to grant the express orders sought by the plaintiffs therein for his disqualification.” – The Nation

 

– Feb 20, 2020 @ 18:45 GMT |

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