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Sacked Bayelsa gov-elect rehearsing swearing-in ceremonies when S’Court struck (See pictures)
The sacked governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, was at the stadium rehearsing for his swearing-in ceremony when the Supreme Court gave a ruling sacking him.
The apex court had on Thursday sacked Lyon and his deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo, ruling, that Degi-Eremioyo presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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