The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally declared a winner for the highly contentious gubernatorial election in Bayelsa following a supplementary election held on Saturday.
Following a supplementary election held on Saturday, the winner for the highly contentious gubernatorial election in Bayelsa has finally been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which put Governor Seriake Dickson of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the official winner of the election.
Todays collation included election results from Nembe, Ekeremor, Brass, Southern Ijaw, Ogbia, Yenagoa and Sagbama local government areas of the Niger Delta state.
Below is the final result announced by INEC returning officer in Yenagoa today;
Total Registered Voters: 654,493
Accredited Voters: 242,114
APC: 86, 852
PDP: 134, 998
Margin: 48,148
Total Valid Votes: 225, 520
Total rejected votes - 6647