Bayelsa Governorship: APC berates INEC for declaring Diri winner
Abiding by a Supreme Court directive, INEC on Friday declared Mr Diri governor-elect.
Abiding by a Supreme Court directive, INEC on Friday declared Mr Diri governor-elect.
Mr Diri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, became governor after the Supreme Court Thursday sacked the man who ...
Mr Diri took over from Seriake Dickson who finished his tenure.
The margin of lead between the candidates of the PDP and the Accord Party is 141,833 votes.
Mr Diri would be issued a certificate of return any moment from now.
The Bayelsa governorship holds November 16.
My resignation was for the peace and the “greater good” of the state, the former Bayelsa speaker told the House.
The Bayelsa governor reportedly accused oil companies in the state of "outsourcing terrorism" to the APC candidate.
Mr Isenah had been reportedly impeached in absentia by some members of the Assembly on Monday.
Mr Alaibe lost to Douye Diri, a senator who is backed by the incumbent governor of the state, Seriake Dickson.
"At the end, Bayelsa people - who are in the majority - will have their way,” Mr Alaibe said.
The primary, conducted in Yenagoa on Tuesday night, spilled over to Wednesday morning.
Two days to the PDP primary, there are signs that Mr Diri is Governor Seriake Dickson’s preferred candidate.
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