APC'S CALL TO REVIEW BAYELSA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION JUDGEMENT REJECTED BY SUPREME COURT

Apc's call to review Bayelsa Governorship election judgement on David Lyon and his deputy governor, Degi-Eremieoyo, has been rejected byThe Supreme Court on Wednesday 26,2020. 

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta dismissed the two different applications that sought to set aside the judgement it delivered against Lyon and his deputy on February 13,2020.


In the lead verdict that was delivered by Justice Amina Augie, the apex court described the fresh applications that were filed by Lyon and his deputy, as well as the All Progressive Congress, APC, as “highly vexatious, frivolous and gross abuse of the judicial process”.

It held that the applications were aimed at “desecrating the sanctity of the court”, stressing that it was an invitation for the Supreme Court to sit on appeal over its final judgment. Consequently, it awarded a cost of N10million each against Lyon, Degi-Eremieoyo and APC, to be paid in favour of governor Douye Diri, his deputy, Lawrence Ewhruojakpo and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.