News - South South - Bayelsa
Updated: November 18, 2020

Again, Supreme Court Affirms Election Of Duoye Diri As Bayelsa Governor

By Chukwuemeka Joseph
November 18, 2020
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The Justice Sylvester Ngwuta led Supreme Court has on Wednesday dismissed suits against the election of Duoye Diri as the Governor of Bayelsa state.

In his judgment, Justice Ngwatu dismissed the appeals after the appellants withdrew their petitions against the governor and his deputy.

The petitions were filed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Accord Party (AP) Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) and Labour Movement (LM).

It will be recalled that Diri who came second at the Bayelsa State governorship election in 2019, emerged governor of the state after the Supreme Court disqualified the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) candidate David Lyon who earlier emerged the winner of the poll.

There have been a series of petitions against the emergence of Diri as the Governor of Bayelsa State.