APC Calls Diri Illegitimate Governor

Douye Diri might legally be Governor of Bayelsa State, but in the hearts and minds of Bayelsans, says the All Progressives Congress (APC), he is an illegitimate governor.
The party’s comments came as a  reaction to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) recent criticism of the Minister of State Petroleum and former governor, Timipre Sylva, for picking holes in the Supreme Court ruling which dismissed the APC’s application for review of the February 13 judgment which sacked Chief David Lyon of the APC as governor-elect of Bayelsa State.
The Bayelsa chapter of the party had in a statement signed by its secretary, Godspower Keku, reacting to Sylva’s television interview, mocked the former governor for aiding the PDP’s victory at the Supreme Court by insisting on fielding unqualified Senator Degi Biobarakuma Eremienyo as a running mate in the November 16 governorship election.
But Bayelsa APC in its reaction by the publicity secretary, Doifie Buokoribo said it “considers the PDP position irresponsible, petty and provocative.”
According to him, it is a clear fact that the PDP did not win the Bayelsa State governorship election held on 16 November 2019, “The APC won that election, fair and square.”