Usmanovic95:


I have a contrary opinion to this, I think the law is inconsistent at best.
The same law was silent when Good luck Jonathan contested 2015 election.
Don't you think he would have stayed longer than the 8years if he had won that election?

jumper524:
A lot is wrong with Bayelsa APC.
A lot..
That ticket should have been easily given back to lyon who won the last elections.
Sylva used money to blind their eyes thinking he could blind even the constitution that doesn't allow him to contest for office.
Such a greedy fellow.
E go red for am.

CaptainFM1:


The new law that ban more that two times position in an elected office came into force last year.

Although APC tried to test the law retrospectively against Jonathan in 2023 but the Federal High court cleared him.

Ideally such law should become active for people and events that happens after it was passed.

I believe Silvia would be cleared to contest too.

Usmanovic95:


I have a contrary opinion to this, I think the law is inconsistent at best.
The same law was silent when Good luck Jonathan contested 2015 election.
Don't you think he would have stayed longer than the 8years if he had won that election?

AcuraZDX:


Did you take GEJ to court?

tishbite42:
Ayam not understanding

Ok
Sylva took over from Jonathan and also won an election
The law is right on this one

AAA593:

Ruling or no Ruling, Diri Don win d election. Everywhere u go na Diri. Even him local government self. We dey on ground dey see things

jumper524:
its a very simple case, you can't do three tenure as a Governor.
Sylva has already started his second tenure in 2007 till he was removed in 2008.

He has no business with governorship again.

seunmsg:
This is a very senseless judgement.

Penguin2:
Fools!

INEC was already announcing that they will not transmit votes electronically in preparation to rig the election for Sylva.

But God cannot be mocked.

MrALIVE:
Your views are personal and not legal..sylva has been sworn in twice and that was established in court.

Isobug:

How you people still support this APC is just surprising. A party is dealing with the people and you keep singing their praises

Shikini:
Wow ... finally, Thief Sylva is out
.

Usmanovic95:


Thanks, I wasn't privy to this new law.Now I know why the judge dish out this judgement.

I hope he actually clear it this time,else he will see it as a political witch-hunt.

PortHarcourtcit:
what about the case of goodluck Jonathan..

AJAKAYEUniversa:


Sylva situation is different from Jonathan situation. Jonathan succeeded yaradua after he died and was elected in the following elections. In sylva case, he came second in gubernatorial primary election that Jonathan won in Bayelsa. Jonathan was nominated as VP then and Sylva was given the party ticket to contest the governorship election which he was elected.

Read below extract;

He continued in that position until he resigned to join the PDP gubernatorial primaries in 2006 in Bayelsa State,[citation needed] in which he placed, second behind Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. After the PDP presidential primaries election and Dr. Jonathan was appointed as a running mate to Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of blessed memory, the gubernatorial candidacy for PDP became vacant, and conventional wisdom took the better of the political actors and Sylva was elevated to occupy the position of PDP gubernatorial candidate.[citation needed]

As a candidate of the People's Democratic Party Sylva won the 2007 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election and succeeded Goodluck Jonathan who went on to the position of Vice President.[7] During his inauguration he said that Bayelsa was "the least developed industrially and commercially" of all 36 states.[7]

Sylva's opponent in the 2007 election, Ebitimi Amgbare of the Action Congress, legally challenged his victory. Although the Bayelsa State Election Petitions Tribunal upheld Sylva's election, Amgbare took the matter to the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt which overturned the Tribunal's decision and nullified Sylva's election on April 15, 2008. The Appeal Court's five justices were unanimous in their decision and ordered that Speaker Werinipre Seibarugo be sworn in to replace Sylva as acting Governor, with a new election to be held within three months.[8]

A new election was held on May 24, 2008, and Sylva, again running as the PDP candidate, was overwhelmingly elected with 588,204 out of about 598,000 votes.[9] He was sworn in again on May 27, saying on this occasion that he would form a broadly inclusive unity government.[10] On January 27, 2012, his tenure was terminated by the Supreme Court with an acting governor appointed to oversee the state until the election of February 2012.

So coming out to contest now will go against the constitution which state: A governor can only be elected twice.

cpu2006:


what abt Jonathan that contested for presidential election in 2015?

Hoelujohn:
The poster above, u wicked sha. That ruling will be overturned at the supreme court. No shaking

jumper524:
its a very simple case, you can't do three tenure as a Governor.
Sylva has already started his second tenure in 2007 till he was removed in 2008.

He has no business with governorship again.

Tareq1105:


If he was removed, it means nullification of his 2nd term. An indication that he did only one term.

jumper524:
A lot is wrong with Bayelsa APC.
A lot..
That ticket should have been easily given back to lyon who won the last elections.
Sylva used money to blind their eyes thinking he could blind even the constitution that doesn't allow him to contest for office.
Such a greedy fellow.
E go red for am.

AJAKAYEUniversa:


Jonathan case is different.

famology:
Ticket wey dem for just give David Lyon. I'm in support of anything that will kill the aspiration of Sylva in this regard. He's just a greedy f uuuuuuu lllllllll

potent5:
Because of the spirit of impunity.

garfield1:


Is pdp any better

garfield1:


E go hard for diri

AAA593:

Dey play

poiZon:

Come to calabar and see the state APC is governing..

It's not by shouting na our turn, Prince Bassey otu was waiting for August break to patch that Etta agbor roundabout, today rain has ceased but govt is still waiting for August break.

Dirt's everywhere, no presence of governance so far, just jamboree and Photoshoot

jumper524:
its a very simple case, you can't do three tenure as a Governor.
Sylva has already started his second tenure in 2007 till he was removed in 2008.

He has no business with governorship again.

YelloweWest:

But he was sworn in twice

YelloweWest:

No it won't. The Supreme Court will not contradict its self. Sylva should rest!