Despite the tension and low turn out of voters in the Bayelsa State rerun
election held today in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and other
units, there are indications that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Governor Seriake Dickson may have taken an early lead going
by the results trickling in.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan also delivered his ward to the PDP. PDP
won all the 65 valid votes at the Otuapula, Ward 13.
There have also been report of widespread violence leading to the stoppage
of elections in some polling units where election has been ordered in
Ekeremor, Nembe and Ogbia LGs.
In polling units where elections were held in Yenegoa, the state capital,
all went well with the PDP leading in results released at the various
polling units.
Meanwhile, the PDP has claimed that was no election in Ekeremor, where the
Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, was alleged
to have diverted electoral materials and then called for the cancellation
of any result, sent in from the area.
As the time of this report, more results are still being expected.
Results so far announced are as follows:
Silga Constituency 1, Unit 12, Ward 5 –
PDP: 81, APC 31
Ammasoma Agesi Unit 008
PDP 135
APC 15
Ward 11 unit 11
PDP 153
APC 21
Ward 12 unit 13
PDP 89
APC 17
Unit 5, Ward 10, Yenagoa
APC 52
PDP 90
PDP 129
APC 23
Ward 10 unit 3 Amassoma
Ward 10 unit 5
PDP 93
APC 16
Unit 4
PDP 97
APC 21
PDP 412
APC 6
Nembe ward 2 unit 13
Oyeke Open Space, Unit 9, Ward 10,Yenegoa LGA
APC 78
PDP 61
APGA 3
Former President Goodluck Jonathan won his Otuapula Ward 13 Unit 38 with
PDP65
APC 0