Bayelsa: APC supporters celebrate sack of Gov Diri [Photos]
Afnews Editor
Aug 17, 2020
All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters have celebrated the sack of Bayelsa Governor, Duoye Diri.
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They marched through some areas in Yenagoa, the state capital.
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The party loyalists carried banners and chanted victory songs.
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David Lyon, the APC candidate, won the November 16, 2019 governorship election.
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But the Supreme Court declared Diri and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) winner after ruling that the APC Deputy Governor-elect, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, presented a forged certificate.
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On Monday, the State Election Petition Tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh poll.
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It declared that INEC wrongly excluded the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) candidate.
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Meanwhile, the governor has directed his lawyers to appeal the judgement.
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Diri stated that he has implicit confidence in the judiciary and would triumph.
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