Why I visited Tinubu after Supreme Court – PDP’s Gov Diri

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The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has dismissed crticism over his congratulatory visit to President Bola Tinubu after the Supreme Court affirmed his victory at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday.

The governor said he does not owe anybody any explanation for visiting President Tinubu shortly after the Supreme Court’s ruling on the presidential election.

Diri, who said the opposition is jittery and telling lies, insisted that there was nothing unusual about his visit to Tinubu shortly after the Supreme Court declared him winner of the election.

A video had emerged of Diri congratulating Tinubu after the Supreme Court affirmed his presidential election on Thursday.

The governor, who spoke at Igbedi community, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state, during the visit of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship campaign trail on Friday, said he was at liberty to congratulate President Tinubu.

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.

He said: “Thursday, 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.

“As a sitting governor, there is a sitting president and I do not owe them any explanation about my visit to the president.

“If 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.”