Lokpobiri Vs Lyon: Supreme Court Decides Winner Of Bayelsa APC Primaries
The Supreme Court of Nigeria is currently hearing the appeal filed by Senator Heineken Lokpobiri against David Lyon.
Lokpobiri is contending that he is the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election held on September 4 for the 2019 Bayelsa Governorship election.
He claims that the party wrongly gave the ticket to Lyon who eventually contested and won the governorship election.
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The Supreme Court is expected to decide today who between Lokpobiri and Lyon scored majority of lawful votes in that primary and emerged APC candidate for the November 2019 governorship election.
Consequently, whoever the Supreme Court decides between the two will be sworn in on Friday, February 14 as the Governor of Bayelsa State.
