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INEC postpones collation of Bayelsa election results until Monday noon
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
