The Appeal Court President, Hon. Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem, has constituted the Governorship, National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunals for Bayelsa State with the mandate to hear and determine Election Petition(s) that may arise from the upcoming 2023 General Elections in the State.
The tribunal is constituted pursuant to the powers conferred on the President of the Court of Appeal by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and the Electoral Act, 2022.
According to a press release by the Bayelsa State Election Petition Tribunal Secretary, Ezenta Obioma, Esq., the “Acting Chief Judge of the State, Honourable Justice M. A. Ayemieye has granted the use of former High Court Sagbama, Opposite DSS, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State for the use of the Tribunal.
Members of the General Public are advised to contact the Secretary of the Tribunal at the Registry/Secretariat of the Tribunal at former High Court Sagbama, Opposite DSS, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.