The stage is set for the inauguration of Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri and his deputy Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo to be sworn in for a second term in office today, February 14.
The event is holding at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The governor and his deputy won re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party at the November 11 off-cycle governorship election, where Diri, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, polled a total of 175,196 votes to defeat his main rival, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress.
They received their certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission on November 17.
According to The PUNCH, dignitaries, groups and residents of the state are gathered in the venue for the inauguration.
Road leading to the sports complex are cordoned off by security operatives including, soldiers, policemen, men of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Federal Road Safety Corps, among others, forcing residents to trek long distances around the area.
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