The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reaffirmed the election of Douye Diri as governor of Bayelsa state.
A 3-member justice of the Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the APC Timipre Slyva challenging the outcome of the 2023 Bayelsa State governorship election.
The justices of the Appellate court held that the tribunal was right in not attaching probative value to the evidence adduced by the APC and its candidate to support their petition.
Among others, the appellants did not produce credible evidence that the election took place in 184 polling units of Nembe, Ogbia and southern Ijaw.
The court also held that going by the evidence and exhibit tendered that the election was not conducted in that disputed areas by INEC, the issue of vote collation could not have risen.