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Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by isi4(m): 5:49pm On Jun 08, 2015
Candidates of the All Progressive Grand Alliance and the Peoples Democratic Party have won the Brass state constituency II and Ogbia state constituency II seats in the rescheduled House of Assembly election in Bayelsa State.

However, the rescheduled election, which took place on Sunday, was marred by the hijacking of electoral materials and sporadic shootings by unknown gunmen.

The shootings took place in the full glare of hundreds of security operatives deployed in the area to maintain law and order.

It was learnt that the election in Brass state constituency II witnessed a large turnout with the APGA candidate, Alfred Watson, defeating the candidates of the PDP and that of the All Progressives Congress.

According to the result declared on Sunday by the Returning Officer, who is a lecturer at the state-owned Niger Delta University, Mr. Perekere Bertola, the APGA candidate scored 849. Voters accredited for the election were 2,805.

Bertola said the PDP candidate scored 380 votes while the APC candidate scored 476 votes.

Some of the supporters of the APGA candidate claimed that attempts by suspected PDP supporters to collude with the security personnel to declare the election inconclusive were thwarted by angry youths from the constituency.

In Ogbia state constituency II, it was learnt that the turnout of voters was poor and materials were allegedly hijacked from the voting venues by some armed men and security operatives.

Some APC leaders in Ogbia said the party’s House of Assembly candidate, Tonye Okio, was later called in the midnight by some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to come and witness the counting of votes, stressing that this was against the provision of the Electoral Act.

Contacted on the development, Okio said the election into the seat of Ogbia state constituency II did not hold as it was marred by intimidation.

Effort to get the reaction of INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Barikor Kpagih, was not successful as his mobile phone line was not reachable.


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Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by mormoni(m): 5:50pm On Jun 08, 2015
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Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by Mogidi: 6:04pm On Jun 08, 2015
APGA winning in Ijaw land?

Seems the SS/SE are now actually speaking with one voice, this election changed many perceptions.

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Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by Nobody: 6:05pm On Jun 08, 2015
B.Y.. Things
How eee take CONCERN me...

No be uh na go still CHOP the CASH, when eee kom..?
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by globalresource: 6:05pm On Jun 08, 2015
any way all I see here is that we should continue praying for the peace of the country. I personally believe we are coming up and advancing in our democratic practice
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by folabayo1(f): 6:05pm On Jun 08, 2015
Let the shooting continue grin
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by bornmekus: 6:06pm On Jun 08, 2015
Violence don't pay.Say no to violence now.

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Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by 15thMonica: 6:07pm On Jun 08, 2015
Jonathan watch you back

u hear me so? remain in London, don't fly back yet...


Btw, see my signature
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by luckyman1010(m): 6:07pm On Jun 08, 2015
All d way. I love change I hate transformation.. Sai baba Buari.
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by ojimbo(m): 6:07pm On Jun 08, 2015
when are they playing UEFA champions league final?
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by StepTwo: 6:07pm On Jun 08, 2015
hehe!



Interesting.

I hope no one was killed though
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by saintTim(m): 6:08pm On Jun 08, 2015
APGA hmmmmm who eat fish here?
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by Rumpelstiltskin(m): 6:08pm On Jun 08, 2015
Electoral Violence in Nigeria is as common as.........
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by Nobody: 6:09pm On Jun 08, 2015
make them shoot theresef finish so that sane people can occupy those seats....fools who do nothing for the masses...
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by INTROVERT(f): 6:09pm On Jun 08, 2015
That's just uncalled for.
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by OkikiOluwa1(m): 6:09pm On Jun 08, 2015
brb
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by GHA1(m): 6:10pm On Jun 08, 2015
This is the constituency of APC leader in Bayelsa state, he could not even wins his ward...what a shame to Timipre Sylva







;DThis is the constituency of APC leader in Bayelsa state, he could not even wins his ward...what a shame to Timipre Sylva
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by ndibeemma(m): 6:10pm On Jun 08, 2015
Na how this guys dey quick reply sef.
Una fone dey on NL 24/7 undecided






Ehya
grin madam peace at work

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Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by softnipples(f): 6:11pm On Jun 08, 2015
But why
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by isi4(m): 6:12pm On Jun 08, 2015
cheesy so loving lalasticlala......more focus and active than our current govt. grin
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by efilefun(m): 6:13pm On Jun 08, 2015
Lmao... For Mama piss backyard Na Hin PDP dey carry third for election Yet some slowpokes believe PDP still exist... I laugh in Swahili if they ain't careful Kowa will punish them also

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Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by lalasticlala(m): 6:14pm On Jun 08, 2015
isi4:
cheesy so loving lalasticlala......more focus and active than our current govt. grin

Lol
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by isi4(m): 6:16pm On Jun 08, 2015
mormoni:
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Wats dis
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by elohorayodele: 6:18pm On Jun 08, 2015
the arms in ND pass the one biafra get during civil war
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by Nobody: 6:22pm On Jun 08, 2015
Mogidi:
APGA winning in Ijaw land?

Seems the SS/SE are now actually speaking with one voice, this election changed many perceptions.

Its time Ijaws & other SS fellas woked up from slumber. They'd all been delude from birth.

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Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by StepTwo: 6:25pm On Jun 08, 2015
ojimbo:
when are they playing UEFA champions league final?

june next year (2016)
Re: Shootings Mar Bayelsa Assembly Rescheduled Election by Akiika: 6:25pm On Jun 08, 2015
Yorubbish:


Its time Ijaws & other SS fellas woked up from slumber. They'd all been delude from birth.
Chei! grammar don suffer!

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