Court dismisses suit seeking to sack Diri

A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri on Tuesday dismissed a suit challenging the emergence of Sen. Duoye Diri as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Sept. 3, 2019 governorship primaries.

In his judgment, Justice Tijjani Ringim said that Diri, who is the incumbent governor of Bayelsa, was duly elected as the governorship candidate of the PDP, dismissing the suit for lack of merit.

“Evidence available to me indicates that the process leading to the emergence of Diri as the candidate of the PDP in the Sept. 3 governorship primaries in Bayelsa was legitimate.

” I hereby dismiss this suit for lack of merit, ” Ringim said.

Mr Ndutimi Alaibe, a governorship aspirant in Bayelsa and under the platform of the PDP had dragged the party, Diri and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over what he described as a flawed primary election.