Governor Duoye Diri has attributed his emergence as Bayelsa first man partly to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
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Diri got into office following the verdict of the Supreme Court, which overruled the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, David Lyon by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, on the grounds that the latter’s running mate’s name on his school certificates was inconsistent.
Speaking during the RCCG March, 2020, Holy Ghost Service held at the church’s headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday night, Diri said the prayer he received from Pastor Adeboye was instrumental in bringing about the apex court’s decision that favoured him.
The governor said: “I went through the governorship election in Bayelsa State on November 16, 2019, and thereafter I was alleged to have lost the election.
“I promptly rejected those results and continued with the judicial process in Nigeria.
“During the process, I visited this church (RCCG) on December 11 during the programme of the Great Turnaround.
“After the service, I went to see Daddy G. O. at midnight. He prayed for me and thereafter, he said, ‘It is well. Go and when you receive it, come back to the church’.
“The judicial processes continued until February 13, about 24 hours to the swearing-in ceremony of the alleged winner. Brethren, a miracle was accomplished – the Supreme Court declared me the winner of that election.”
