INEC Declares Diri Winner Of Bayelsa Gov’ship Over Sylva With 65, 000 votes

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for governor, Douye Diri, was proclaimed the election’s victor by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday.

Returning Officer for the state and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Prof. Kuta Farouk, announced the results at the INEC headquarters in Yenagoa. Diri received 175,196 votes overall, defeating the APC candidate, Timipre Sylva, who received 110,108.

With 905 votes, Labour Party (LP) candidate Engr. Udengs Eradiri finished third.

In the build up to the announcement of the result in Southern Ijaw, being the last local government, there was tension in the state as well as the around INEC office, as party Supporters laid siege to the commission’s office.

There was commotion at the collation centre after the declaration of Brass local government area result, as party agents exchanged blows.

Trouble started when party agents disagreed on the result from the area.

After the announcement of results, however, party agents including those of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr Dennis Otiotio and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Talford Ongolo disagreed on the reported occurrence of violence in the local government.

It took the intervention of security officials to calm the situation.