The crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has escalated, with two key party members, Minister of State for Petroleum Heineken Lokpobiri and former governorship aspirant David Lyon, being suspended by their local chapters. The Southern Ijaws and Ekeremor Local Government chapters of the APC announced the suspensions, citing anti-party activities by […]
Bayelsa: Supreme Court Nullifies APC Appeal To Review Judgement
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld its decision of nullifying the election of David Lyon as Governor-elect of Bayelsa state and reconfirmed Douye Diri as winner of the November 2019 state governorship election. On February 13th, the apex court nullified the election of Lyon and his Deputy on the grounds that the latter ran for the election using forged […]