The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last night received the enrolled order of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the Bayelsa State governorship election.

The judgment nullified the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate David Lyon.

The electoral agency will meet today to determine the candidate who scored the majority of the lawful votes and the candidate with the requisite spread.

It said it needed to study and comply with the exact wordings of the Supreme Court.

The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, made these clarifications last night.

Okoye said: “This night, we received the Supreme Court judgment. The commission does not just rely on the revision of all these lawyers or the recollections of people to give effect to the judgment of the Supreme Court.

“We will meet tomorrow (today) to understand the context in which the judgment was given and also to enable us to understand what specifically the Supreme Court wants us to do.

“We are about to give effect to the judgment of the Supreme Court.

Asked if INEC was not worried of a likely lacuna or a vacuum since the tenure of Governor Seriake Dickson ends today, Okoye added: “I think the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has taken care of a couple of these issues and it is not for the commission to begin to make a determination whether there will be a lacuna or not.

The Director of Information and Voter Education, Mr. Wole Uzzi said: “What is obvious is that we will comply with the order of the Supreme Court.”
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Kaii if I be Lyon, " I go kill Sen. Dergi my Deputy, kill him spirit , kill myself , my spirit go kill Gov Dickson and " I go come commit suicide" '.....chaii ....it's so painful...what am I even saying self ??... It's so sad




All those APC votes just waste ....first time in history SDP came second in a governorship election...

Let there be a rerun

To pdp wailers , apc has the votes not the candidates, in zamfara and rivers case the primary was flawed .
Supreme Court can only cancelled votes when primary was flawed, the judgment didn't affect apc votes, only the candidates affected ,meaning pdp didn't meet the 25 %requirements.

SonofDevil:
To pdp wailers , apc has the votes not the candidates, in zamfara and rivers case the primary was flawed .
Supreme Court can only cancelled votes when primary was flawed, the judgment didn't affect apc votes, only the candidates affected ,meaning pdp didn't meet the 25 %requirements.

Keep wailing. PDP has taken over Bayelsa already.