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Less than twenty-four hours after the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja disqualified its deputy governorship candidate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, for Bayelsa election holding on Saturday, November 16, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted.
        According to reports, The party described the judgement as a travesty of justice that would not stand a test of time. Legit.ng gathered that the state chapter of the party said it has filed appeal to vacate the judgement before the conduct of the governorship election in the state on Saturday, November 16. It would be recalled that the court, in a judgement by Justice Inyang Ekwo, on Tuesday, November 12, invalidated Degi-Eremienyo’s participation in the governorship election scheduled after it found him guilty of supplying false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court said it was satisfied that the APC deputy governorship candidate gave false information in the form CF0001 he submitted to INEC to contest the election, adding that all the documents containing his educational qualifications bore different names. According to the report, the various names on the documents attached to his Form CF001 were said to be: Biobarakum Degi-Eremienyo, Degi Biobaragha, Degi Biobarakuma, Adegi Biobakunmo, Degi-Eremienyo Wangagha.
        In a statement issued by the APC publicity secretary in Bayelsa, Doifie Buokoribo, the party noted that judgement was a miscarriage of justice against the people of the state. The statement read: “The judgement occasioned a miscarriage of justice, is glaringly perverse and against the weight of evidence before the court. "We are totally surprised that the court could despite the objections by our lawyers, go ahead to determine a weighty criminal allegation of falsification and fraud solely on the bases of affidavit evidence contrary to well established judicial precedents that such must be proved beyond reasonable doubt by calling oral evidence. The party said the judgement could not withstand a superior judicial scrutiny, adding that its lawyers have filed a notice of appeal and other court processes to arrest the execution of the judgement pending the outcome of the appeal. The main tussle on ground now, is determining if the APC governorship candidate is still eligible or not to run for the governorship election this saturday.