Mix-up over gov. election result in Bayelsa

There was mix-up over the announcement of the results of the governorship election in Bayelsa State, leading the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to shift the announcement of the final result to Monday. The commission had already collated results of the governorship election from six of the eight LGAs of Bayelsa State, but there was delay in the results from two  local governments.

This was after the candidate of the PDP, Governor Douye Diri had won majority votes in five of the eight local government areas, while Timpre Sylva of the APC won in one local government, of the state.

The INEC State Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, had collated results in six of the eight local government areas (LGAs) in Bayelsa State before postponing the collation of results in two local governments to Monday.

Awaited results are expected from Brass and Southern Ijaw LGAs, while results from Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe and Ekeremor LGAs have been collated.
Results announced before Monday in Bayelsa shows:

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