A Federal High Court on Tuesday affirmed Governor Douye Diri
as the authentic Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in
Bayelsa state.
A former Managing Director of
the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe, approached
the court to seek redress over the outcome of the governorship primaries of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Alaibe approached the Federal High Court in Yenagoa Judicial
Division, Bayelsa State, with an application for cancellation of the result of
the primary election based on cited procedural flaws.
The suit filed pursuant to Order 3(9) of the Federal High
Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2019, sought answers to questions bordering on
alleged non-adherence to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
But ruling on Tuesday, Justice Tijani Ringim in a judgment
which lasted for about two hours, dismissed the case
According to TVC, Justice Ringim ruled that the plaintiff
failed to prove his case.
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