APPEAL COURT VICTORY: PDP CHIEFTAIN CONGRATULATES GOV. DOUYE DIRI.

YENAGOA —- A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain from Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa State and former state Lawmaker Brass Constituency II, Hon. Alfred Belmote Watson, has congratulated Governor Douye Diri, His Deputy Sen. Lawrence Ewrudjakpor and the PDP family of the state on the Appeal Court judgement today 2nd October, 2020 which affirmed Gov. Douye Diri as the Governor of Bayelsa State.

The former Lawmaker and Deputy Director General of the Prosperity Campaign Organization of Douye/Lawrence of NGOs Hon. Alfred Watson, said the appeal court verdict was a victory for democracy and the good people of Bayelsa State.

Hon. Belemote Alfred Watson, while thanking God for the victory, appreciated the judiciary for rising up to its solemn responsibility of ensuring that justice prevails, stressing that the judgement was a clear indication that the third arm of government is the last hope of the common man.

Today the 2nd of October, 2020, A five-man panel of the Appellate Court has overturned a ruling which nullified the election of Douye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State. The court held that the Bayelsa Election Petition Tribunal acted outside its jurisdiction by nullifying the election of Governor Diri.

In a unanimous judgment, the five-man panel of the court said the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party, ANDP, failed woefully to show that it had a valid candidate that was unlawfully excluded by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The court berated the tribunal for ignoring the fact that the petition of ANDP was status barred in addition to the fact that the party presented an unqualified candidate to INEC in the November 16, 2019 Governorship election in Bayelsa State.

I therefore behoves politicians and non-politicians who genuinely desire the peace and progress of our dear state to join hands with our Governor, Sen. Douye Diri, who believes in politics without bitterness,” Hon. Belemote submitted.