A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of former Petroleum Resources Minister, Timipre Sylva, from contesting the November governorship election in Bayelsa State.

The suit, instituted against the All Progressives Congress (APC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Sylvia was thrown out for lacking in merit.

In a judgment, yesterday, Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo held that the plaintiff, Isikima Johnson, failed to establish issues raised in the suit to warrant disqualification of Sylva from the governorship poll.

The Judge held that the plaintiff failed to establish the allegation that the APC did not conduct a lawful primary that produced Sylva, among others.

Justice Ekwo said that from the uncontroverted independent report of INEC, it was clear beyond any doubt that a valid primary election was conducted by APC and monitored by the electoral umpire as required by law.

The Judge dismissed police reports tendered by the plaintiff, which claimed that no primary election was conducted by APC.

Justices Ekwo said that the purported police reports were worthless and products of illegality because police were not mandated by any provisions of law to do what they did in favour of the plaintiff.