Diri’s sack: APC supporters celebrate tribunal judgement in Bayelsa

All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters have taken to the street celebrate the sack of Bayelsa Governor, Duoye Diri.

They marched through some areas in Yenagoa, the state capital.

The party loyalists carried banners and chanted victory songs.

David Lyon, the APC candidate, won the November 16, 2019 governorship election.

But the Supreme Court pronounced Diri and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner after ruling that the APC Deputy Governor-elect, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, presented a forged certificate.

On Monday, the State Election Petition Tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh poll.

It declared that INEC wrongly excluded the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) candidate.

Meanwhile, the governor has instructed his legal counsel to file an appeal against the tribunal judgement.

The sacked governor affirmed his implicit confidence in the judiciary and would triumph.