The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Duoye Diri as the winner of the Bayelsa election.
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The INEC Chairman who made this announcement at the INEC headquarters in Abuja said the certificate of return will be issued immediately to the winner.
The sack of Lyon by the Apex Court on Thursday, has led to uncertainty over who will be sworn in as governor of the oil-rich state as the outgoing chief executive, Seriake Dickson, rounds off his tenure today.
Tension and apprehension had started building up in the early hours of the morning when some PDP stalwarts and a battery of journalists gathered at the headquarters of the commission and waited patiently for several hours for the eggheads of the commission met.
At exactly 11am when the commission ended the meeting, no fewer than 10 chieftains and National Assembly members from the PDP had stormed the electoral body’s headquarters.
On ground were Senators James Manager, Abiodu Olujimi, and the PDP governorship candidate , who was kept at the entrance gate for a few minutes before gaining entrance after clearance from certain authority.
A mild drama ensued when the commission directed the PDP members with him to leave the conference hall, informing that it was specifically for newsmen.
Announcing the winner, the commission’s chairman said that having scored the highest number of valid votes cast during the poll, with a total votes of 143,172 and met the 2/3 constitutional
spread required, the PDP candidate hasdbeen declared the winner.
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