Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has described himself as a miracle governor.
The governor, who addressed journalists in Abuja yesterday, recounted his ordeal before he got his mandate.
He was sworn in as government on February 14, 2020 sequel to the Supreme Court’s nullification of the election of the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, David Lyon, over alleged discrepancies in the name of Lyon’s running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienvo.
Diri said: “We have been in the wilderness. We have gone through a tortuous and winding road and at the end of the day, God himself delivered us. So, I have christened myself as the miracle governor.
“The truth is that the election results were concocted from a hotel room in Yenagoa with the use of federal might to overtake and overrun Bayelsa. But you’re aware that I promptly rejected those results. But in their bid to look for legitimacy for those results, they started telling Nigerians stories about me, about my predecessor and all of those falsehood stories. They also came with all those stories about factions and we all know that factions are common in any political party.
“The truth is that they used the so-called federal might to impose somebody on Bayelsa State. But the good thing is that today, the PDP has triumphed and Bayelsa state now has a governor in my humble self.
“This is against the utterances of all those who were swearing that there would be no governor in Bayelsa State. They swore as though they were gods, but to their greatest chagrin and to the glory of God, Bayelsa State has a governor,” he said.
