Supreme Court sacks bayelsa governor- elect while preparing for inauguration

The Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  has been sacked on Thursday by the Supreme Court  while undergoing a rehearsal ahead of his inauguration expected to take place on Friday.

Penpushing reports that Lyon, won the November 2019 Governorship election, and was to be sworn in as Governor on Friday, when the Apex Court nullified his election, on the ground that his Deputy Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, presented false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ,a development which by law also affected the Governor’s election.

The Justice Mary Odili led five-member panel in the judgment consequently ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Messrs Lyon and Degi-Eremienyo.

Penpushing further reports that, the Apex Court also ordered that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately declare the party with the highest number of lawful votes and geographical spread the winner of the election.

The interpretation of the judgment is that, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Diri Duoye, is expected to be inaugurated as Governor of Bayelsa State, while the party Governorship Candidate, Diri, had earlier filed a suit against Messrs Lyon and Degi-Eremienyo, and the electoral commission, seeking the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress(APC ) Deputy Governorship Candidate.

Penpushing also reports the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Governorship Candidate  had claimed that  Degi-Eremienyo gave false information in his CF 0001 form submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC).