The Supreme Court has affirmed Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the validly elected governor of Bayelsa state.
The apex court upheld the decision of the Appellate court which dismissed the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Timipre Sylva and his party.
Delivering the lead judgement on Friday, Justice Garba Lawal held that the appeal by Sylva and APC was not only lacking merit but a gross abuse of court process.
