Bayelsa LP candidate asks tribunal to disqualify Diri, Sylva

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, on Wednesday the the election petition tribunal to disqualify Governor Douye Diri, and his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, Timipre Sylva, from the November 11 governorship election in the state.

Eradiri, who addressed the party stakeholders at ward and local government levels in Yenagoa, rejected the results of the election.

The LP candidate insisted that he was the only eligible candidate who scored the valid votes cast and deserved to be declared as the state’s duly elected governor.