APC’s Sylva has secured a local government, but PDP’s Diri has won five of the state’s eight local government areas thus far.

The results collation for the Bayelsa State governorship election on November 11, 2023 has been postponed to Monday at noon by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday night.

The results have been compiled from six of the state’s eight local government areas: Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe, and Ekeremor. Southern Ijaw and Brass are the local government districts that survive.

The process was deferred on Sunday night by Prof. Faruq Kuta, the state returning officer for the Bayelsa election and vice chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna.

Candidate sponsorship for the Bayelsa election came from sixteen political parties.

Timipre Sylva, a former state governor and minister of state for petroleum resources, is the principal opponent of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor Duoye Diri.

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In the survey, Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) nominee, served as governor of Bayelsa twice: first from May 2007 to April 2008 and again from May 2008 to January 2012.

Governorship elections were held on Saturday in the states of Imo and Kogi, much like in Bayelsa.

Governor Hope Uzodimma of the APC has already been proclaimed the winner by INEC in Imo, defeating Samuel Anyanwu of the PDP, Nneji Achonu of the Labour Party (LP), and fifteen other contestants.

With 540, 308 votes, Uzodimma defeated his nearest competitors, Anyanwu of the PDP (71,503) and Achonu of the LP (64,081).

See Bayelsa Results So Far:

Sagbama LGA

APC – 6608

LP – 217

PDP – 35504

Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA

APC – 5349

LP – 22

PDP – 18465

Ogbia LGA

APC – 16319

LP – 57

PDP – 18435

Yenegoa LGA

APC – 14534

LP – 244

PDP – 37777

Nembe LGA

APC – 22248

LP – 113

PDP – 4556

Ekeremor LGA

APC – 8445

LP – 50

PDP – 23172