Tag: Bayelsa Election

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 Saturdays governorship election in Bayelsa State. INECs 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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Appeal Court affirms Diri as Bayelsa governor

Ishaku Yohanna
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Duoye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State. A five-man panel of the appellate court in two unanimous judgments on Friday reversed the majority judgment of the Governorship Election Tribunal which sacked Diri. In a split judgment on August 17, two out of three judges had upheld the petition filed by Lucky King-George, candidate of the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party, on grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission was wrong to have excluded the party from the November 16, 2019 governorship election. The…

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