A lawmaker at the national level, Douye Diri has emerged as the governorship candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the November governorship election in the state. He defeated twenty (20) other candidates.

Diri, who is the current Senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District at the Senate scored 561 votes to defeat his closest rival and   former Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Ndutimi Alaibe, who polled 365 votes.

The votes were announced by the Returning Officer and Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishiaku, who said Diri satisfied all conditions contained in the constitution of the PDP having scored the highest number of the vote cast.

Information Parrot Nigeria gathered that Senator Diri emerged from the Restoration Caucus of the PDP led by Governor, Seriake Dickson, who presented him as the preferred aspirant of the caucus a day before the  election.

Diri is expected to face the candidate of the APC after its governorship primaries scheduled to commence on Wednesday.

Source: https://infoparrotng.com/lawmaker-clinches-pdp-governorship-ticket-in-bayelsa-state/