The Federal High Court Abuja, has struck out a suit seeking to disqualify Chief Timipre Sylva from contesting the Nov. 11 Governorship election in Bayelsa State.
Presiding Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit for lack of merit.
The suit was filed on April 27 by  Ogbomade Johnson, a governorship aspirant in Bayelsa.
She had sued the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC)
And Sylva, as first to third respondents, respectively.
Johnson had sought the court to exclude Sylva and the APC from contesting the guber elections in Bayelsa State.
The aspirant also prayed for an order of perpetual injunction restraining Sylva from parading himself as the party’s governorship candidate in Bayelsa.
In her claim, she implied that the APC failed to conduct a credible primary elections according to the electoral laws.Â
However, in his judgment, Ekwo held that the APC conducted a valid primary election which was monitored by INEC.
The judge dismissed the police reports tendered by the plaintiff which claimed that no primary election was conducted by the party.Â
He held that the purported police reports were “worthless and products of illegality”.
Ekwo noted that the police were not mandated by any provisions of law to do what they did in favour of the plaintiff.
The judge faulted the police reports for not being on letterhead papers to give them a semblance of originality.
Ekwo also trashed the suit on the grounds that it was filed outside the 14 day window period.
“In all, I find the case of the plaintiff to be weak having not been established by preponderance of evidence as required by law,” he said.
“In the same vein, the case of the plaintiff, having been demolished by overwhelming exhibits tendered by APC and Timipire Sylva, has no legs to stand upon in the face of the law.
“I make an order, dismissing this case and it is hereby dismissed for lacking in merit.”
