By Emeka Obasi
Bayelsans are used to absurdities when it comes to administration. There is always something new out of the state. Governor Duoye Diri was sworn in away from the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenogoa.
It appears the only constant thing in Bayelsa is the presence of Chief Judge, Justice Kate Abiri. While governors have suffered impeachment, sack and heartbreak, Her Lordship stands like Mount Zion which cannot be removed.
Diri had forgotten everything about February 14, until the Supreme Court flashed the green light on February 13, 2020, following the sack of governor-elect David Lyon and deputy governor-elect Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo.
Things happen in Bayelsa. When Gen. Sani Abacha created the state on October 1, 1996, he chose Navy Captain Oladipo Phillips Ayeni as Military Administrator. The naval officer did not enjoy that position for one day.
Ayeni spent most of his time in the hospital while a police officer acted as administrator. As the wait became so…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
