The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Senator Douye Diri as the validly elected governor of Bayelsa state
The apex court in a judgment delivered on Friday, dismissed the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Timipre Sylvia in the November 11 Bayelsa state governorship election and his party challenging Diri’s victory in the election.
In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Garba Lawal, the apex court held that the appeal by Sylvia and the APC was not only lacking merit but a gross abuse of the court process.
The unanimous decision of the apex court upheld the earlier decision of the Court of Appeal and the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed Diri’s election.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had, in a unanimous judgment delivered on July 18, 2024, affirmed the decision of the Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had upheld the November 11, 2023, re-election of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State.
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Good for him
Noted