Douye Diri
Douye Diri is a Nigerian politician who has served as the Bayelsa State">Bayelsa State">Bayelsa State since 2020. He was the senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District from 2019 to 2020 in the 9th National Assembly.
Early life
Douye Diri began his early education at Okoro Primary School, Sampou, and concluded it at Rev. Proctor Memorial Primary School, Kaiama, in 1977, where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate. He later attended Government Secondary School, Odi, in Bayelsa. Douye studied at the College of Education, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, where he obtained a National Certificate in Education in 1985. He also attended the University of Port-Harcourt, obtaining a Bachelor of Education degree in political science in 1990.Governor of Bayelsa
On 13 February 2020, the Supreme Court of Nigeria invalidated the results of the 2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections on grounds that the running mate of the actual winner of the election, David Lyon, submitted a confidential certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission.The court ordered Diri to be issued a certificate of return, which would make him governor-elect.
On 14 February 2020, he was sworn in as the governor of Bayelsa State.