Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal has dismissed the election of Governor Douye Diri on Monday.
The verdict follows the petition by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party, ANDP, challenging the victory of Governor Diri in the November 19 governorship election.
The ANDP is claiming that the party was unlawfully excluded from the election.
But the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in its argument said that the party’s deputy governorship candidate was 34 years old as at the time of nomination and therefore did not qualify to contest the election.
Justice Musa describes the action of INEC to exclude the ANDP from the Bayelsa governorship election as illegality.
INEC is ordered to conduct a fresh election in Bayelsa state within the next 90 days.
INEC is also expected to include the ANDP in the election.
