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