The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Bayelsa, Duoye Diri, as winner of the state governorship election.
According to INEC, Diri got 175,196 votes to seal his re-election as governor of Bayelsa state.
Diri had polled a total of 137,909 votes while Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got 73,503 before INEC postponed collation of results on Sunday.
The results of two local governments — Brass and Southern Ijaw — were yet to be announced before the postponement.
At the collation center on Monday, Sylva won Brass with 18,431 while Diri got 12,602 votes.
Announcing the results for Southern Ijaw a while ago, the resident electoral officer disclosed that the PDP polled a total of 24,685 while the APC got 18,174 votes.
Folarin Kehinde is an Abuja-based journalist with over 5 years of experience in journalism. His work has earned him national and international recognition across various beats, including environment, health and politics.
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