An haifeshi 4 ga watan juni 1959, dan siyasa ne Wanda yayi gwamnan jihar Bayelsa. Sannan ya kasance mamaba a majalisar dattawa wanda ke wakiltar jihar Bayelsa. A 13 ga watan Fabrelu 2020 kotun koli tayi watsi da zaben zaben gwamna na jihar Bayelsa wanda David Lyon yaci sakamakon takardun bugi daya gabatar wa hukumar zabe ta kasa wato INEC a shekarar 2019. Sannan kotu ta umurci Doye Diri daya kawo takardunsa wadan da suke na gaskiya ne kuma aka rantsar dashi ma matsayin gwamnan jihar Bayelsa https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/02/14/breaking-douye-diri-sworn-in-as-governor-of-bayelsa%7Ctitle=Breaking https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/319667-inec-releases-list-of-elected-senators-apc-62-pdp-37.html%7Ctitle=INEC