{"id":195619,"date":"2020-02-21T16:39:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=195619"},"modified":"2020-02-21T16:39:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:39:41","slug":"supreme-court-didnt-contact-those-who-issued-my-certificate-says-bayelsa-apc-candidate-degi-eremienyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=195619","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Didn&#8217;t Contact Those Who Issued My Certificate, Says Bayelsa APC Candidate, Degi-Eremienyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/storage\/2020\/02\/Supreme-Court-Didnt-Contact-Those-Who-Issued-My-Certificate-Says-Bayelsa-APC-Candidate-Degi-Eremienyo.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nDeputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress during the Bayelsa State governorship election, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, has condemned the Supreme Court verdict sacking his running mate, David Lyon, from office.<\/p>\n<p>He said the apex court ruled wrongly by claiming he forged his certificates. <\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court had ruled that Degi-Eremienyo presented fake certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission in order to contest the election.<\/p>\n<p>But the senator said he did not forge any certificate and accused the court of reputation damage.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe judgment of the Supreme Court that I was not qualified to contest as deputy governorship candidate of APC and my attendant disqualification adversely affected the governorship candidate of the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result was that our hard-earned victory, not just for ourselves, but our party and the majority of the good people of Bayless State who have entrusted us with the mandate to democratically govern them, is threatened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event of my disqualification is distressing and traumatising to me personally and, of course, a greater trauma was inflicted on my party, the governorship candidate and the good people of Bayelsa who signified their choice of who should be their governor and deputy governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is this unsolicited assault on my personality and reputation by the judgment in question that has constrained me to chart this course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless unfair imputation to character is quickly corrected, it assumes the toga of truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was clearly a desperate and calculated attempt not just to grab power through the judicial process but equally to tarnish my good image and bring same to disrepute on completely false and unproven allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Degi claimed that he was denied a fair hearing.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress during the Bayelsa State governorship election, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, has condemned the Supreme Court verdict sacking his running mate, David Lyon, from office. He said the apex court ruled wrongly by claiming he forged his certificates. 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