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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Duoye Diri as the winner of the Bayelsa election.

The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who made this announcement at the INEC headquarters in Abuja said the certificate of return will be issued immediately to the winner.

Yakubu while briefing journalists at the INEC Headquarters confirmed receiving the true certified judgement of the court.

According to him, the commission met on Friday morning to review the results of the election, without the votes of the APC which have been void by the court.

The total votes casts after excluding those of the APC now stand at 146,999. PDP polled 143,172 and scored 25 percent as required by the law.

Details shortly…
Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2020/02/14/breaking-inec-declares-pdps-duoye-diri-winner-of-bayelsa-election/

akdjr:
Exactly what I thought after the verdict. INEC are currently studying the judgement before they can decide whether to conduct a fresh election or to give certificate of return to PDP candidate. But if the PDP candidate is sworn in, the case can be taken to court and he will vacate that seat. Let's just watch. quote author=Jones4190 post=86633563]Why Diri cannot be sworn in as Bayelsa state Governor despite supreme court verdict

Results of the Bayelsa guber election.
1. Ogbia LGA:
APC - 58,016 *80.8%*
PDP - 13,763 *19.2%*
2. Yenagoa LGA:
APC - 24,607 *70.3%*
PDP - 19,184 *29.7%*
3. Brass LGA:
APC - 23,831 *69.6%*
PDP - 10,410 *30.4%*
4. Okuma/Opokuma LGA:
APC - 8,934 *36.7%*
PDP - 15,360 *63.2%*
5. Nembe LGA:
APC - 83,041 *99%*
PDP - 874 *1%*
Sagbama LGA:
APC - 7,831 *11.9%*
PDP - 60,399 *88.5%*
7. Southern Ijaw LGA:
APC - 124,803 *96.2%*
PDP - 4,898 *3.8%*
Now ⅔ of 7 LGAs is 7x ⅔ = 4.7
This means the person to be declared winner must score 25% votes in at least 5 LGAs. But from the above results PDP scored 25% in only 4 LGAs. So no one may be sworn in in Bayelsa tomorrow.
INEC will have to conduct fresh elections for Bayelsa.

The APC votes in that election becomes void votes as a result of the judgment. Minus the voided APC votes, the PDP candidate should be able to get the required 25% at all the lga

Whada:
If you want to destroy a structure you'll be foolish to think one hit will bring it down and you'll be more foolish to stop hitting because the first set of hits didn't bring the structure down. The saying "the last straw that broke the camel's back" is very deep. It means if you keep piling up straws on the camel's back without giving up, it will eventually break. That's what the current system in Nigeria needs. Concerted, consistent, effort on all sides.

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