Duoye Diri remains Bayelsa governor, Appeal court affirms

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the re-election of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State.

In a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices, the appellate court, dismissed an appeal that was brought before it by the All Progressives Congress, (APC), and its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva.

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It held that the appeal was incompetent and constituted an abuse of court process.

The court said it found no reason to dislodge the earlier judgement of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which declined to nullify the outcome of the gubernatorial poll that was held in the state on November 11, 2023.