Bayelsa: Elections results missing from INEC’s website hours after Supreme Court sacked Lyon
A check by DAILY POST on Friday morning showed that the results of the polls held just three months ago were unavailable.Lyon was declared winner of the elections by polling 352,552 votes, while Douye Diri got 143,172.
However, Diri of the Peoples Democratic had sought the disqualification of Lyon’s running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, for allegedly falsifying his results. A panel of judges led by Mary Odili on Thursday, voided the joint ticket of Lyon and Degi-Eremienyo over certificate forgery.The panel also ordered INEC to issue a Certificate of Return to Diri.
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