The lawmaker representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Douye Diri has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Bayelsa governorship election fixed for November 16.

Diri pulled 561 votes to beat his closest rival Timi Alaibe who polled 365 votes in the primary held on Tuesday at Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, the State capital.

Declaring the result, Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State who is the Chairman of the Party’s Electoral Committee for the state, said Keniebi Okoko came third with 142 votes.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 21 governorship aspirants contested to be the party flagbearer.

Diri was a member of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019, where he represented the people of Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma federal constituency of the state.

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He was later elected as the Senator representing Bayelsa central senatorial district during the 2019 general election.