A Federal High Court on Tuesday affirmed Douye Diri as validly elected Governorship Candidate in the 3rd September 2019 Elective Congress of the People’s Democratic Party in Bayelsa state.
According to newsmen, Justice Tijani Ringim in a judgment that lasted for about two hours, dismissed the case that the Plaintiff failed to prove his case.
Diri’s arch-rival, Timi Alaibe, had gone to a Federal High Court before now, praying the court to declare him as the validly nominated governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Reports have it that many in the camp of Douye Diri, have been begging Alaibe, a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to withdraw his case.
But loyalists of Alaibe have reportedly said their confidence has been buoyed by the nullification of the victory of the APC candidate, David Lyon, by the Supreme Court. They said since Lyon’s fate was sealed as a result of a pre-election matter, the new governor at best maybe a caretaker.
Alaibe’s camp is now banking on the Judiciary to handover the governorship of the oil rich state to him.
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