Tinubu's aide hails Diri as he defeats APC in Bayelsa

President Bola Tinubu's special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has congratulated Governor Douye Diri for his re-elected in the Saturday, November 11, governorship election in Bayelsa state.

Shortly after Diri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the poll by the

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the former spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council in the 2023 election, sent him the congratulatory message.

In a terse tweet on Monday, November 13, the presidential aide congratulated the governor and mentioned his party, PDP.

Onanuga said: "Congrats to Governor Douye Diri of the PDP for winning re-election in Bayelsa."

Diri, a PDP flagbearer in the just concluded Saturday governorship election in Bayelsa, was declared the winner of the poll by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC, Obo Effanga, in the state.

How Diri defeats APC's Sylva in Bayelsa's governorship election

The PDP candidate got 175,196 votes as monitored by Legit.ng on Channels Television.

He defeated Timipre Sylva of the APC came second with 110,108 votes while Udengs Eradiri of the Labour Party got 905 votes.

Sylva has earlier served as governor of the state and recently served as minister under the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

He was earlier disqualified by a federal high court sitting in Abuja because he had been sworn in twice as governor of the state but a court of appeal nullified the disqualification.