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JUBILATION AS INEC RETURNS DIRI AS THE DULY ELECTED GOV OF BAYELSA STATE

By Kamsi Anayo

There was widespread jubilation in Bayelsa on Monday as independent National Electoral Commission  returned Gov. Douye Diri as the duly elected Governor of Bayelsa State.

The INEC Returning officer for the gubernatorial election in the state, Prof Farouk Kuta, returned Diri after a grueling exercise for scoring the highest number of lawful votes in the election 

In the election last council results announced in Yenagoa on Monday, Diri polled a total of 175,196 votes to defeat his closest rival, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 115,262 votes.

He won in six of the eight local government areas of the state with Sylva clinching Brass and Nembe local government areas.

The breakdown of the results in the eight local government areas is as follows:

KOLOKUMA-OPOKUMA LGA

PDP = 18,465

APC = 5,349

OGBIA LGA

PDP = 18,435

APC = 16,319

YENAGOA LGA

PDP = 37,777

APC = 14,534

LP = 244

SAGBAMA LGA

APC = 6,608

APGA = 8

PDP = 35,504

LP = 217

NEMBE LGA

APC = 22,248

APGA = 7

PDP = 4,556

LP = 113

EKEREMOR LGA

APC = 8,445

APGA = 4

PDP = 23,172

LP = 50

BRASS LGA

APC = 18,431

PDP = 12,602

LP = 83

SOUTHERN IJAW LGA

PDP = 24,891

APC = 18,173

This brings to conclusion the results collation which started on Sunday at the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Media Centre inside the INEC State Office in Yenagoa.

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