Nigeria, July 14 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Bayelsa State, Timi Alaibe, against governor Douye Diri.

He had filed the appeal at the apex court to challenge the emergence of Mr Diri as PDP's candidate in the last year's election.

Mr Alaibe, who was a governorship aspirant of the PDP in the 2019 election, had instituted a suit against the party, Mr Diri and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Federal High Court in Owerri.

He had sought cancellation of the result of the primary election on grounds of procedural flaws.

On March 10, Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court in Owerri dismissed Mr ...