The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal has reserved judgement in a petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, against the declaration of Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Governor of the state.
Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Adekunle Adeleye, announced that the judgement will be delivered within 180 days statutorily allowed by law.
The chairman said all the parties in the petition will be communicated as soon as the date is fixed.
At Monday’s proceedings, all the parties adopted their written addresses, either asking the court to uphold their petition on the ground that the election was marred by irregularities or that the APC does not have a tangible case before the tribunal.
Diri secured a second term in November 2023 governorship election when he polled a total of 175,196 votes while Sylva polled 110,108 votes and he was declared winner by INEC.
