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Court Disqualifies APC Candidate in Bayelsa NASS Bye-Election

The INEC had earlier fixed October 31 for the Bayelsa Central and West senatorial bye-elections but the commission, on October 22, announced the indefinite postponement of bye-elections in six senatorial districts and nine state constituencies, including Bayelsa, due to the #EndSARS nationwide protests.

by The Union Nigeria
November 5, 2020
in Politics
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Uneasy calm has enveloped the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), over the Tuesday disqualification of the candidate of the party from contesting in the Bayelsa West Senatorial bye-election by the Federal High Court in Yenagoa.

The Union Nigeria gathered that the presiding judge, Justice Jane Inyang, in a judgment on a case of forgery filed by Richman Samuel, a former director on domestic matters, Government House, Yenagoa, upheld the plaintiff’s prayers and declared the APC candidate ineligible to contest in the bye-election.

The plaintiff contended that the academic credentials and voter’s card which the defendant submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the bye-election were forged documents.

Ebebi, who is a former deputy governor, emerged the APC senatorial candidate for Bayelsa West in a direct mode of primary election conducted in September by the party’s primary electoral committee headed by General Abdulsalam Dahiru (retd.)

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The INEC had earlier fixed October 31 for the Bayelsa Central and West senatorial bye-elections but the commission, on October 22, announced the indefinite postponement of bye-elections in six senatorial districts and nine state constituencies, including Bayelsa, due to the #EndSARS nationwide protests.

Justice Inyang further held in her ruling that the voter’s card which the Ekeremor-born politician submitted to INEC “as declared by his (Ebebi’s) father, bears a different age and, therefore, contradicts other of his documents and his filed INEC forms.”

She also noted that details presented showed that Ebebi’s West African Senior School Certificate which the defendant used to gain admission to study law at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology had only two credits, which fell short of the required credits in five relevant subjects, including English Language and Literature in English.

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Counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Reuben Iguaba, explained that in a similar suit filed by some members of the APC challenging the legitimacy of the party’s primary election, the court also gave judgment against the former deputy governor.

Iguaba told journalists in an interview that the court also declared that the APC candidate was not validly nominated, and disqualified him from contesting in the Bayelsa West senatorial polls.

He said, “The first case was on presenting false information by the APC candidate. Some of the registered APC members from Bayelsa West Senatorial District applied to the INEC to verify the authenticity of the certificates submitted by Chief Ebebi”

“And they discovered that his voter’s card was a forged document, not genuine document. Not only that, he got admission to the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, with two credits to study law.”

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Ebebi could not be reached for comments as he neither answered call to his phone nor respond to a text message sent to him by our correspondent as of the time of filing this report.

But a member of his campaign team, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the issue, said the APC candidate will appeal the judgment.

Reacting, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Hon. Sunday Frank-Oputu, absolved the Judiciary of any blame over the Monday ruling disqualifying the candidate of the Party, Rt. Hon. Peremobowei Ebebi from the forthcoming West Senatorial bye-election over faulty primaries in the state.

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