The Court of Appeal on Monday dismissed the suit filed by former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, in his bid to unseat Governor Seriake Dickson at the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the suit for lack of jurisdiction to adjudicate on the matter.
It would be recalled that this is the third time Sylva would be challenging the candidacy of Dickson as the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2012 governorship election in the South-South state.
In the ruling of the previous case, the Presiding Judge, Justice Lambo Akanbi, had observed that too many courts had entertained the suit in question.
The recent case is even coming on the heels of Sylva’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) along with his loyalists.
Applauding the judiciary for its forthrightness in upholding justice, Dickson congratulated the third arm of government for not allowing itself to be used as a tool to subvert justice, stressing that the judiciary has remained the last bastion of the common man.
