MEDIA BRIEFING BY THE CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROFESSOR MAHMOOD YAKUBU, ON THE JUDGEMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT ON _ THE BAYELSA

GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION HELD AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, INEC HEADOUARTERS, ABUJA, ON FRIDAY 14°" FEBRUARY 2020

Honourable National Commissioners, Secretary to the Commission, Directors, The Media, Ladies and Gentlemen

welcome you all to this briefing. As you are aware, the Supreme Court of Nigeria yesterday delivered a judgement in a pre-election suit on the Bayelsa State Governorship election held on 16 November 2019. The Commission has received the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement of the apex court which disqualified the Deputy Governorship candidate and vitiated the joint ticket of the party earlier declared winner in the election. The Court also ordered the Commission to “...declare as winner of the Governorship election in Bayelsa State the candidate with the highest number of lawful votes cast with the requisite constitutional (or geographical spread)”.

In compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court, the Commission met this morning and reviewed the result of the election in which 45 political parties contested.

Without the votes scored by the All Progressives Congress (APC), whose candidates were deemed not to have participated in the election, the total number of lawful and valid votes cast in the election now stand at 146,999. Out of this figure, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored the highest number of lawful votes with 143,172. Similarly, the Party has scored more than 25% of the lawful votes cast in all the eight ( Local Government Areas of the State.

Furthermore, the total number of registered voters in places where election was not held or cancelled as a result of sundry violations is 90,822. The candidate of the Accord party has the next highest score with 1,339 votes. The margin of lead between the candidates of the PDP and the Accord party is 141,833 votes. With this outcome, the

election is conclusive at first ballot Consequently, Senator Douye Diri AND Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo of the PDP are hereby declared winners and returned elected as Governor and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State respectively.

The detailed result will be shared with you at this briefing and uploaded on the Commission's website and social media platforms shortly. The Commission is aware that the tenure of the incumbent Governor of Bayelsa

State ends at midnight today Friday 14"* February 2020. Therefore, in fulfillment of the requirement of Section 75 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the Certificates of Return to the Governor and Deputy Governor-elect will be presented to them immediately as ordered by the Supreme Court.

 I thank you for your presence.


SOURCE: https://authenticng.com/inec-declare-pdp-duoye-diri-winner-of-bayelsa-state-guber-election/

Put credible source

Congratulations to him

Eating soup he didn't cook

Congratulations to him

Ezeakanobi:
Congratulations to him

Eating soup he didn't cook

It is true. Just saw it in tvc news

I hope Garfield will survive this lol

Osho Baba should be booted out of APC.... He seems to be a very stupid chairman.

Congrats . Destiny can only be delayed but cannot be change . The apc next time should learn to abide by the rule .

helinues:
Put credible source

Put it for him na!

helinues:
Put credible source

Sorry .

PaChukwudi44:
I hope Garfield will survive this lol

If you could survive Onnoghen and Atiku defeats, I think he can

PaChukwudi44:
I hope Garfield will survive this lol

I swear. I used to take the guy seriously before in his political punditry until this current judgement by SC and his position in it. That guy is a stanch APC apologist and never new all his previous punditry were based on emotions and sentiments. He has clearly exposed himself big time.

Good decision,congrats

Cyberterror:
If you could survive Onnoghen and Atiku defeats, I think he can

Garfield is not me

APC should eschew hypocrisy and adopt all the advice they gave PDP during Ihedioha debacle.

One good turn ......

Children of hate oya ooooo

looting just started. Useless country. i don't even know how i find myself in this fantastically corrupted country. no hope no future. Thunder fire you all. its shall never well with you politicians

PaChukwudi44:
I hope Garfield will survive this lol

He is permitted to use sniper!

PaChukwudi44:

Garfield is not me

What makes you think you are stronger than him? The same way you carried Onnoghen and Atiku on your head is how he carried his own.

Bayelsa people after the Supreme Court judgement ordering PDP winner of the governorship election, not APC



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mel0C13Cx84

Ezeakanobi:
Congratulations to him

Eating soup he didn't cook

He actually cooked the soup.

If he had not contested and campaigned, he would not have been declared the winner today.

Ahead of swearing in of new governor in Bayelsa tomorrow, people are now removing all APC flags in the state. Congratulations to pdp.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO0hnHgdKqw

UPDATED

so the people votes never count

Fully updated now

Ezeakanobi:
Congratulations to him

Eating soup he didn't cook

The guy looks like Alamesyia

The guy looks like Alamesyia

Hope you are not thinking what I am thinking