{"id":71785,"date":"2020-02-14T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=71785"},"modified":"2020-02-14T13:32:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:32:47","slug":"inec-declares-diri-winner-if-bayelsa-governorship-election-to-issue-certificate-of-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/inec-declares-diri-winner-if-bayelsa-governorship-election-to-issue-certificate-of-return\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Declares Diri Winner if Bayelsa Governorship Election, To Issue Certificate of Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Duoye Diri as the winner of the Bayelsa election.<\/p>\n<p>The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who made this announcement at the INEC headquarters in Abuja said the certificate of return will be issued immediately to the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate David Lyon\u2019s hope of assumption of office on Friday (today) as the fifth governor of the state was on Thursday dashed by a judgment of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The court nullified the election of Lyon and his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, who were declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission as winners of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The judgement was delivered by a five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili.<\/p>\n<p>The panel, in its unanimous judgment, ordered the candidates of the party with the next highest votes and the required constitutional spread of votes in the results of the governorship election declared by INEC to be sworn in as their replacements.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Duoye Diri as the winner of the Bayelsa election. 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