Just in: Diri vows to appeal judgement

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has vowed to appeal Monday’s ruling of the state’s Election Petition Tribunal, which sat in Abuja and sacked him from office.
The Bayelsa governor said that he had already instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers of appeal.
Governor Diri, who spoke shortly after the Tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wrongly excluded the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) governorship candidate from the November 16, 2019 election, said he had implicit confidence in the judiciary that he would triumph in the end.
He said, “We trust in the judiciary and we are appealing the judgment. With God on our side, we will get justice.
“This is a court of first instance and I have instructed our lawyers to file an appeal. We have a right of appeal even up to the Supreme Court.”
He however urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his supporters not to panic and to continue to remain calm and law-abiding.
Likewise, the immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Seriake Dickson, has urged the people of the state not to be perturbed by the judgment of the tribunal which annulled the state governorship election.