INEC declares PDP's Douye Diri winner of Bayelsa governorship election

Jude Egbas 12:16 - 14 February 2020

Bayelsa state Governor-elect, Douye Diri. [Twitter/@iamDouyeDiri]

Diri is new governor of Bayelsa state and will be sworn-in soon.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor-elect of Bayelsa state.

INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration at the INEC headquarters in Abuja on Friday, February 14 and Diri has been handed the certificate of return as the apex court ruled.

Presentation of Certificate of return to the Governor Elect for Bayelsa State as declared by the Supreme Court. https://t.co/AptmFiL6Y5
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 14, 2020

The Supreme Court had sacked David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was declared winner of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state.