Timipre Sylva Yet To Pay Me My N500,000 As Awarded By The Supreme Court - Gov. Dickson


Governor, Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Monday came public with claims that his predecessor, Timipre Sylva is yet to pay the sum of N500,000 awarded to him in 2012 by the Apex court.
This the governor disclosed in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, affirming the Supreme Court had ordered Sylva to pay him the said amount as damages for “abusing court process and for wasting the time of the justices.” while accusing the APC chieftain of Contempt of Court owing to his failure to abide by the Supreme court’s order.

The statement read in parts: “The Supreme Court, consisting of five justices in 2012, had in a unanimous judgement resolved in his favour, the two issues raised by Sylva for determination before awarding the damages.

“Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who read the lead judgement was hard on the former governor for wasting the time of the court and awarded N500,000 as cost against Sylva, to be paid to Dickson, the third respondent. Whereas the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Peoples Democratic Party, who were listed as 1st and 2nd defendants, were to bear their costs.

“Sylva has yet to pay me the sum of N500,000 as ordered by the highest court in the land, thereby disrespecting the apex court. It is therefore surprising that it is still the same apex court Sylva is returning to ask the court to remove him (Governor  Seriake Dickson) on the  frivolous grounds that the election which brought him to office was unknown to law.”

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