Bayelsa Guber: LP candidate, Udengs asks tribunal to declare him winner

The governorship candidate of Labour Party, in the November 11 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has approached the tribunal seeking the disqualification of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), flagbearer, Governor Douye Diri and Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Eradiri, who rejected the results, insisted that he was the only eligible candidate that scored the valid votes cast and deserved to be declared as the duly elected governor of the state.

Addressing stakeholders, ward and local government officials of the party at his campaign office in Yenagoa, the state capital, Eradiri said he decided to explore the legal path after thoroughly assessing the outcome of the poll.

He said” “After the election we said we were going to look at the issues, and I am here to officially inform the leadership of the party that we have gone to court, and we pray the court to declare me winner.

“The reason is that the two leading opposition parties , PDP and the APC, produced candidates that were not eligible to contest the elections, and I won the valid votes cast in the election, so I should be declared governor of Bayelsa State.

“There are issues of eligibility of the two candidates, and that is the ground we have gone to the tribunal. Many people have lost hope in the judiciary but that small thread we hold onto is the basic for me to challenge the declaration.

“After studying the entire process, I have decided to ask the tribunal to declare me governor.

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” With the spread of my 950 votes you will see that in seven out of the eight local governments, I got the constitutional requirements, so if you invalidate the PDP and APC votes , I should be declared winner.”

Eradiri said he decided to approach the tribunal in the interest of the “suffering people” of Bayelsa, adding that he would continue to raise issues affecting the people.