Tribunal Affirms Diri as Bayelsa Governor

 

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has won at the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja.

 

The Tribunal on Monday, upheld the election the produced him.

 

A three-man panel led by Justice Adekunle Adeleye dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, and the party for lacking in merit.

 

In a unanimous decision, the tribunal held that the petitioners failed to prove any credible evidence to back up any of the allegations they raised against the re-election victory of Diri.

 

Details shortly…