The Bayelsa State Governorship Electoral Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday upheld the victory of Seriake Disckson in the state governorship election.
Dickson represented the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last year’s governorship election in Bayelsa.
The tribunal dismissed a petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva, saying it lacked merit.
A three-man panel of the tribunal led by Justice Kazeem Alogba, in dismissing the petition, held that Sylva and his party failed to prove their case with credible evidence.
The tribunal held that the petitioners failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt the allegations of electoral offences, which they said affected the election outcome.
It said the petition was not supported by sufficient proof and required standard.
The panel said: “The petitioners failed to prove that the second respondent (Dickson) did not score the highest lawful votes.
“Therefore the return of the second respondent by the Independent National Electoral Commission on January 10, 2016 was valid.”
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