The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has affirmed the re-election of Bayelsa State Governor, DOUYE DIRI.

In a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices, the appellate court dismissed an appeal that was brought before it by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Chief TIMIPRE SYLVA.

According to the court, the petitioners were unable to discharge the burden of proof that was placed on them by the law, stressing that they failed to show, polling units by polling units, the particulars of the noncompliance they alleged and how it substantially affected the outcome of the election.

The court said it found no reason to dislodge the earlier judgement of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which declined to nullify the outcome of the gubernatorial poll that held in the state on November 11, 2023, 

The court however affirmed the re-election of the governor.