{"id":98891,"date":"2023-10-28T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T09:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/supreme-court-i-owe-nobody-explanation-for-visiting-tinubu-pdps-gov-diri"},"modified":"2023-10-28T13:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T12:24:59","slug":"supreme-court-i-owe-nobody-explanation-for-visiting-tinubu-pdps-gov-diri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-i-owe-nobody-explanation-for-visiting-tinubu-pdps-gov-diri","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court: I owe nobody explanation for visiting Tinubu \u2013 PDP\u2019s Gov Diri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State says he owes nobody any explanation for visiting President Bola Tinubu shortly after the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Diri said the opposition is jittery and telling lies over his visit to Tinubu shortly after the Supreme Court declared him winner of the election.<\/p>\n<p>A video had emerged of Diri congratulating Tinubu after the Supreme Court affirmed his presidential election on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>However, Diri said there was nothing unusual about his visit to Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke at Igbedi community, Kolokuma\/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state, during the visit of the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s (PDP) governorship campaign trail on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Diri said he was at liberty to congratulate President Tinubu following the Supreme Court verdict on the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that he was at the presidential villa to discuss serious state matters with the president, whom he said attended to the issues positively.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThursday, I was in Abuja and most of you saw the video trending. The opposition is now jittery and are telling lies. Of course, that is in their character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a sitting governor, there is a sitting president and I do not owe them any explanation about my visit to the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Supreme Court affirms the president of the country, as a sitting governor, I reserve all the rights to visit him. But beyond that, I went for very serious state business and I can tell you that Mr President attended to all the issues I raised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State says he owes nobody any explanation for visiting President Bola Tinubu shortly after the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on the presidential election. 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