Tag: Douye Diri

Bayelsa: Diri declared winner of governorship election

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Douye Diri, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faruq Kuta, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, Niger State, said Diri, having polled the majority of votes and satisfied the requirement of the law, is now declared elected. Diri polled 175,196 votes to defeat Timipre Sylva, of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), who scored with 110,108 votes to come second and Udengs Eradiri, of…

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Bayelsa guber Polls: Gov. Diri wins at Supreme Court

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed Douye Diri as the duly elected governor of Bayelsa. A seven-member panel of the apex court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta in a unanimous judgement, dismissed the six appeals filed against the governor and his Deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Justice Ngwuta predicated the dismissal of the appeals on the withdrawal of the six appeals by lawyers of the appellants. The appeals dismissed were filed by the Alliance for Democracy, Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), Labour Movement (LM) and Accord Party (AD). Diri of the Peoples…

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Bayelsa Governor, Diri, heads to Appeal Court as tribunal annuls his election

Ishaku Yohanna

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has revealed that he will appeal the ruling by the tribunal nullifying his election as governor of the state. He also said that he has instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers. Governor Diri disclosed this shortly after the tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wrongly excluded the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) governorship candidate in the November 2019 election. The governor said he has implicit confidence in the judiciary and he would triumph at the end. “We trust in the…

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