With winners already declared in the November 11, 2023 governorship elections in Kogi and Imo states, all eyes are on Bayelsa State as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) plans to announce the final results of the poll today (Monday)
Results from six of the eight local government areas (LGAs) in Bayelsa have been collated as of Sunday evening when the state Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, adjourned collation till Monday noon.
Results from Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe and Ekeremor LGAs are out while those of Brass and Southern Ijaw are expected today
Kuta, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, said the results of the two remaining LGAs of the riverine state were still being expected from the coastal areas.Sixteen political parties sponsored candidates for the election in Bayelsa
Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s main opponent is a former Minister of State For Petroleum Resources and an ex-governor of the state, Timipre Sylva.Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the poll, was first Bayelsa governor from May 2007 to April 2008 and later between May 2008 and January 2012.
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