Former Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has filed his notice of appeal at a Federal High Court on Tuesday following a ruling disqualifying him from the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa state.
WesternLifeNewsNG recalls the Federal High Court led by Justice Okorowo had ruled on Monday evening that Sylva is not qualified to contest the governorship election.
The court reasoned that if Sylvia contests, wins and is sworn in, he would spend more than eight years in office as governor of the state.
The APC candidate faulted the judgment by Justice Donatus Okorowo and urged the court to set it aside and uphold his nomination.
Sylva also filed an application seeking a stay of execution of the judgment pending the determination of his appeal.
Sylva had already ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa state.
