A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State on Tuesday dismissed a suit challenging the emergence of Senator Duoye Diri as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 3, 2019 governorship primaries.
In his judgement, Justice Tijjani Ringim said Diri, who is the incumbent governor of Bayelsa State, was duly elected as governorship candidate of the PDP, dismissing the suit for lack of merit.
Ringim held: “Evidence available to me indicates that the process leading to the emergence of Diri as candidate of the PDP in the September 3 governorship primaries in Bayelsa was legitimate.
“I hereby dismiss this suit for lack of merit.”
Ndutimi Alaibe, a governorship aspirant in Bayelsa State on the platform of the PDP, had dragged the party, Diri and the Independent National Electoral Commission to court over what he described as a flawed primaries.
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