By Ayo Kehinde
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has been declared re-elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, following Saturday governorship election in which he polled 175,196 votes to defeat his closest rival, former Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipreye Sylva, who scored 110,108 votes.
The INEC’s Returning Officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, declared Diri winner and returned elected on Saturday, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, announced the results on Monday.
Governor Diri was candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, while Chief Timipre Sylva, was a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
INEC said that of the total number of registered voters was 1,570,862, accredited votes was 372,000.
The results of the election in eight LGAs are as follow:
Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA
APC – 5, 349
LP – 22
PDP – 18, 465
Ogbia LGA
APC – 16,319
LP – 57
PDP – 18, 435
Yenegoa LGA
APC – 14,534
LP – 244
PDP – 37,777
Nembe LGA
APC: 22,248
PDP: 4,556
LP: 113
Sagbama LGA
APC: 6, 608
PDP: 35,504
LP: 217
Ekeremor LGA
APC – 8445
LP – 50
PDP – 23172
BRASS LGA
APC – 18,431
LP –
83
PDP – 12, 602
Southern Ijaw
APC – 18,174
LP – 119
PDP – 24,685
