No one will be sworn-in tomorrow in Bayelsa – Oshiomhole rejects Supreme Court judgement which sacked David Lyon
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has responded to the Supreme Court's decision to sack the party's candidate, David Lyon, as the winner of Bayelsa governorship election.
In a statement released to the press, Oshiomhole emphasized that the People's Democratic Party candidate, Senator Duoye Diri, who the Supreme Court directed the Independent and National Eelctoral Commission (INEC) to give a new certificate of return to, does not have one quarter of the total lawful votes cast in two third of the eight local government areas of Bayelsa state.
Oshiomhole asserted that legally, no one can be sworn in as Governor of Bayelsa State on February 12. He mentioned that the annulment of David Lyon's victory indicates that no candidate meets the requir...