Supreme Court Grants Sylva Leave

The Supreme Court has granted leave to the former governor of Bayelsa State, chief Timipre Sylva, to seek to validate his nomination as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. 

The five-man panel of the apex court presided over by Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar cleared the way for Sylva when it granted him leave to file a cross appeal against the decision of the court of appeal, which held that the trial judge Gabriel Kolawole went beyond himself in warning pdp not to tamper with the subject matter of the action before him. 

The court also granted an order for accelerated hearing of the appeal of PDP and the cross appeal filed by Sylva and fixed February 7, 2012 for definite hearing.