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A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, has called connected the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to state the spot of Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, vacant pursuing his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Recall that Governor Diri connected Wednesday announced his resignation from the PDP during an expanded State Executive Council (SEC) gathering astatine the Government House, Yenagoa.
Present astatine the gathering were the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Abraham Ingobere, lawman Speaker, Michael Ogbere, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) number leader, Edward Brigidi, and 7 different lawmakers.
Confirming the development, Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, said the governor’s determination followed “extensive consultations with leaders of the state.”
According to Alabrah, Diri said his resignation was for “obvious reasons,” adding that helium remained committed to gathering “a beardown and vibrant Bayelsa.”
The statement, however, made nary notation of the lawman governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, who was absent astatine the meeting.
Reacting to the development, Kenneth Okonkwo, successful a station connected his authoritative Instagram leafage Wednesday night, argued that Diri’s resignation from the PDP automatically nullified his tenure arsenic governor, since helium nary longer belongs to immoderate governmental party.
Quoting Section 177(c) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Okonkwo said, “Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has conscionable vacated his spot arsenic politician by resigning from the PDP and not belonging to immoderate party.
The presumption of the instrumentality is that each elected subordinate of the authorities indispensable beryllium a subordinate of a governmental party, arsenic provided successful Section 177(c) of the 1999 Constitution.
Governor Diri, being not a subordinate of immoderate governmental party, has mislaid his spot arsenic governor. An elected subordinate of authorities tin lone defect from 1 enactment to another, but cannot beryllium partyless astatine immoderate constituent successful time.”
Okonkwo truthful urged INEC to enactment swiftly, declaring the governorship spot vacant and conducting a caller predetermination successful the authorities wrong 90 days.
“I truthful telephone connected INEC to state his spot vacant instantly and behaviour a gubernatorial predetermination successful Bayelsa State wrong the adjacent 90 days,” he stated.
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