A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday joined the former governor of Bayelsa state, Timpriye Sylva as the second defendant in the suit filed by Seriake Dickson praying it to declare him the lawful standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming Bayelsa state governorship election.??????
The presiding judge,? Justice Gladys Olotu had earlier granted an ex-parte order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to return Dickson’s name in the list of governorship aspirants in Bayelsa state.
Based on this declaration, Sylva through his lawyer, Prince Lateef Fagbemi files a joinder’s suit before the court.
However, Justice Olotu held yesterday that the party seeking to be joined had shown in his affidavit that he had interest in contesting the Bayelsa state governorship under the PDP.