By Charles Igbo
In a swift reaction to the sack of the Governor of Bayelsa State Senator Douye Diri by the State’s Election Petition Tribunal, the immediate past Governor, His Excellency, Seriake Dickson, says there is no vacancy in the Government House.
He told Bayelsans that Diri remains the Governor until all Court processes are exhausted, all the way to the Supreme Court.
Urging the people not to worry at all, he admitted it was a temporary set-back, but nothing to lose sleep over, saying in law, the status quo remains.
In a statement signed on his behalf by his Media Adviser, Fidelis Soriwei, he said: ” I urge Bayelsans to remain calm. They shouldn’t misinterpret what took place at the Tribunal on Monday.
“The judgement is a temporary set-back which does not have any effect on the status quo until all processes of appeal are exhausted”
The three-man member Tribunal cancelled the Bayelsa Governorship election based on a case filed by the Action Democratic Party, ADP, a relatively unknown party, that INEC omitted its name on the ballot.
