Nigeria, March 6 -- The President of the the Court of Appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem, has dismissed Timipre Sylva's request for the disbandment of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.

Mr Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, is challenging the declaration of Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the November 2023 Bayelsa State governorship election at the tribunal.

Recently, he with his party, sent a complaint to the President of the Court of Appeal, who oversees the administration of election petition courts in the country, calling for the dissolution of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on the grounds of alleged bias and dist...