Former Governor of Bayelsa State and Senator, representing Bayelsa West, in the National Assembly, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, on Saturday cast his vote at his polling unit in his country home of Toru Orua.
The Senator, a two term Governor of Bayelsa State, assured his supporters that his victory is sure.
He commended the security agencies for the orderliness at which they conducted the election process stating that they have done good.
He said the security agencies doused apprehension arising from harsh introduction of the cashless policy being experienced by the masses and said it was a desirable policy but wrongly timed.
Dickson congratulated Nigerians, friends of Nigeria and the lovers of democracy, especially those who fought a long, hard battle to enthrone democratic process in the country .
He said although it has been a tough battle, the nation is at the point the citizens need to congratulate themselves.
According to him, the passing the Electoral Act, into law which enabled the introduction of technology into the electoral process has helped its improvement.
Senator Seriake commended the introduction of the BVAs system in the election say that if the way it worked in his community, is the way it works everywhere in the country, then Nigeria has made a lot of progress in its electoral process.
He said with such a system the electoral tribunals will have little or no work to do in post-election issues.
He commend the INEC chairman and his team for a job Welldone in conducting the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections while calling on the political actors, particularly candidates and leaders of parties, to appreciate the opportunity offered by the INEC.
Dickson said he hopes and prays that the best candidate wins the election stating his own victory is assured adding that he has no challenge.
He urged all the contestants to respect the views and wishes of all the electorate adding that as long as people have decided, there is the need to wait the out come.
