Oshiomhole: why Diri can’t take office as Bayelsa governor. OfficialPDPNig candidate Duoye Diri cannot be sworn in today as governor of Bayelsa State, going by the SupremeCourt pronouncement, the OfficialAPCNg..
It said none of the candidates in November 16, 2019 governorship election, except its flagbearer, David Lyon, met the mandatory spread of 25 per cent score in the Local Government Areas spelt out by law and as directed by the apex court and in its judgment.
”From the online reports we have read, the Supreme Court ruled that the certificate of return earlier issued to David Lyon be withdrawn and directed INEC to issue a certificate of return to the person who scored the highest votes after Lyon if such a person has the required spread, “ the party said through its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
“Where justice and democracy thrive on the alter of technicalities, it constitutes danger to our democracy. Nobody has raised issues whether David Lyon and his running mate won over- whelming majority. “As far as we know, the next candidate who happens to be a PDP candidate does not have one quarter of the total lawful votes cast in that election in two-thirds of the eight local government areas in Bayelsa State.
He said “When judges give judgments, they are published and there are those ones that laymen can understand. In 1999, there was a similar case in Bauchi State involving Adamu Mu’azu.
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