{"id":744460,"date":"2019-11-14T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/14\/apc-has-no-candidate-as-court-sacks-lyon\/"},"modified":"2019-11-14T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:13:30","slug":"apc-has-no-candidate-as-court-sacks-lyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/14\/apc-has-no-candidate-as-court-sacks-lyon\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Has No Candidate As Court Sacks Lyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_721526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-721526\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-721526\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Court.jpg\" alt=\"Mother Demands Justice for Son's Death\" width=\"900\" height=\"749\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-721526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lady Justice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David Lyon, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state has been disqualified by a federal high court sitting in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, nullified Lyon\u2019s nomination as the party\u2019s flag bearer in the election holding on November 16th over failure to field a qualified deputy governorship candidate in the election.<\/p>\n<p>The court order which was issued on Wednesday also restricted the APC from fielding any other governorship or deputy governorship candidate for the poll.<\/p>\n<p>The judge had earlier disqualified Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, the party\u2019s deputy governorship candidate, over \u201cfalse information\u201d submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the November 16 election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Edo APC Suspends Governor Obaseki, Deputy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The court gave its ruling following evidence that Degi-Eremienyo gave false information in relation to his educational qualifications and went ahead to depose to an affidavit to correct the discrepancies.<\/p>\n<p>This followed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking his disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Lady Justice David Lyon, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state has been disqualified by a federal high court sitting in Abuja. 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