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Diri: I Will Appeal Tribunal Judgement

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has announced his plans to appeal Monday’s ruling of the state election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja which voided his victory in the November 2019 guber poll.

Diri has consequently instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers to challenge the verdict.

A statement by the governor’s Acting Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Daniel Alabrah, said that Diri spoke shortly after the tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wrongly excluded the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) governorship candidate from the November 16, 2019 election.

The governor maintained that he had implicit confidence in the judiciary that he would triumph in the end.

“We trust in the judiciary and we are appealing the judgement. With God on our side, we will get justice. This is a court of first instance and I have instructed our lawyers to file an appeal. We have a right of appeal even up to the Supreme Court”, he said.

The governor urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his supporters not to panic and to continue to remain calm and law-abiding.

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