The All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate within the final November gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, have handed a vote of no confidence on the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
They accused the Tribunal, headed by Justice Adekunle Adeleye, of undue bias in opposition to them within the conduct of proceedings and demanded its outright disbandment and reconstitution.
In a strongly worded petition to the President of the Court docket of Enchantment, the APC and Sylva accused the Tribunal of denying them truthful listening to as required by regulation.
Amongst others, APC and its governorship candidate claimed that they’d lined up over 400 witnesses to ascertain their petition whereas the Tribunal permitted them to name solely 52 witnesses.
They alleged that within the information of proceedings they obtained, the Tribunal made a number of feedback and observations in writing which pointed to the truth that the it had made up its thoughts to go the best way of the respondents.
In a letter they delivered to the Tribunal by means of their counsel, Mr R. I.Balogun, APC and Sylva demanded that the Tribunal ought to adjourn proceedings within the matter indefinitely pending the time the Court docket of Enchantment President will come out with a call on the petition.
Though legal professionals to the respondents frowned on the allegations in opposition to the Tribunal, they agreed that the adjournment be granted.
In a brief ruling, Justice Adeleye adjourned the matter sine-die, indefinitely, to await the choice of the Court docket of Enchantment President on the allegations of bias and denial of truthful listening to as raised by the 2 petitoners.
The respondents within the APC and Sylva’s Petition on the election are the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, Governor Douye Diri, Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrujakpo and the Peoples Democratic Occasion PDP.
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