Bayelsa Governorship Election: Salvation Pastor Could Take It On A Silver Platter vanguardnews
Pastor Ebizimo Diriyai had a dream and told his friends. In his dream, he was inaugurated Governor of Bayelsa. With faith in God, he picked up the Accord Party nomination forms and then the ticket. It seemed a long shot but this pastor of Salvation Ministries must have known that God could work in mysterious ways.
In November 2019, the PDP candidate Diri picked Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo as his running mate. Ewhrudjakpo submitted a new exemption certificate. The new certificate had the correct spelling of his name, had the same reference number as the old one, was signed by same Brigadier Dule who signed the first exemption certificate in 1998. The new one came on a different sheet of paper.Somewhere along the line a small court in Abuja asked the police to investigate the confusion.
In 2008 Olympics, Nigerian women picked the bronze medal in 4x100m. But it would turn to Silver after the Russian doping scandal broke, and banned substances were found in the sample of a Russian athlete. Russia was disqualified and stripped of the gold. Belgium and Nigeria were upgraded. Same way, Nigeria’s silver at the men’s 4x400m relay event in 2000 Sydney Olympic Games turned gold after one of the Americans that won the gold tested positive to drug use.
The minor problem he has is that it’s a bit baffling that the NYSC would issue a certificate in 2019 to correct a mistake on a certificate of 1998 and retain same reference number and retain the signature of an official who is no longer with the institution on the new certificate. It’s baffling. The electoral law is clear. If the second certificate didn’t emanate from the NYSC then the PDP ticket is in jeopardy. But it’s for the Election Petitions tribunals to decide. And with Bayelsa, our judges have shown courage.
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