The Supreme Court on Wednesday, upheld Governor Diri’s election as Bayelsa State Governor, after it dismissed six appeals filed against the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).
Governor Diri’s election was upheld after a seven-man panel of the Supreme court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, in its first decision, dismissed the appeal by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) following its withdrawal by the appellant.
The court noted that the appellant’s claim of wrongful disqualification of its candidate by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was wrongly made because the said candidate did not meet the constitutional age requirement in the first place.
The other appeals dismissed on Wednesday are Alliance for Democracy (AD), Liberation Movement (LM) and Accord Party (AP).
Details shortly…