The election of Governor Douye Diri who was elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa state has been upheld by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja.
Earlier on Tuesday, the court reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Labour Party and its governorship candidate Udengmobofa Eradiri, challenging the verdict of the Bayelsa State governorship election tribunal.
In the judgement delivered by a three-man panel on Saturday, the appellate court held that the decision of the tribunal to dismiss the petition of the Labour Party for lack of merit was right.
According to the court, Eradiri and the LP couldn't prove allegations of non-qualification and certificate forgery levelled against Governor Diri and his Deputy.
It held that the issue of attachment of alleged forged documents to form EC8 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC by the 3rd respondent is a pre-election matter which should not have been brought to the tribunal.
The panel, however, awarded the cost of two hundred thousand Naira against the appellant in favour of each of the respondents in the appeal.
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