₦airaland Forum

Governor Seriake Dickson of
the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has won the Bayelsa
supplementary governorship
poll following official results
collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), today, January 10. Dickson won seven out of the
eight local governments in the
South south state defeating Chief
Timipre Sylva of the All
Progvressives Congress (APC)
after a keenly contested election Results have so far been
announced in all the local
governments where
supplementary elections were
conducted. Before commencing collation of
the results, INEC had advised
Nigerians to disregard results
being posted on social media. A statement from INEC reads: “Fake results are being
released via the social media.
Those figures are not from us. “Authentic results will be
announced once we get them
from the field.” Naij.com is on ground at the
Collation Centre at the Yenagoa
Council Hall to bring you live
updates of the exercise. Read our coverage below: With the conclusion of the results
read, Governor Seriake Dickson
has been re-elected as the
governor of Bayelsa state for
another term of four years. 7: 12pm: PDP agent said the
cancelled votes the APC agent
raised are that of the PDP,
accusing the APC of perpetuating
violence in desperation to win
Bayelsa by all means. 7: 06pm: APC agent says INEC
Adhoc staff were deliberately
cancelling results in some wards
that did not favour his party. He
alleged that most of the voting
materials were diverted on Friday, January 9, on their way to polling
units. 7:00pm: Southern Ijaw LGA APC – 10, 216 PDP – 23, 081 02:10 pm: Representative of the
APC is protesting again stating
that collation officers at Ekeremor
canceled at least 6,000 votes 02:06 pm: Ekeremor LGA No of voters – 9157 No of Accredited Voters – 3018 APC – 257 PDP – 2695 Total Valid Votes – 2968 Rejected Votes – 42 Total Votes Cast – 3010 01:55 pm Nemba LGA No of voters: 4294 No of Accredited Voters – 2649 APC – 1400 PDP – 1160 Total Valid Votes – 2574 Rejected Votes – 31 Total Votes Cast – 2605 Day Two 01: 45 pm: The collation exercise
of Bayelsa election re-run has
continued. The results are
expected from Southern Ijaw LGA
and some other polling units in two
other local government areas. 02:05am: Professor Akpagu says
results being expected in 3 LGAs
don’t look like getting to the
collation centre anytime soon and
so calls for a break. Results
collation to continue on Sunday, January 10 by 11am. 02:00am: Ogbia LGA No of voters – 4344 No of Accredited Voters – 1551 APC – 139 PDP – 1290 Total Valid Votes – 1449 Rejected Votes – 47 Total Votes Cast – 1496 01:50am: Sagbama LGA No of Reg Voters 2005 No of Accredited voters 326 APC – 119 PDP – 180 Total Valid Votes – 303 Rejected Votes – 21 Total Votes Cast – 324 Supplementary election was held
in one registration area and six
polling units. 01:40am: A little drama is currently
being experienced as the APC
agent insists on airing in his
opinion after comments from the
PDP agent. Professor Akpagu, the
returning officer gives him the go ahead but rules him out of order
much later and walks him out. 01:32am: PDP agent protesting the
results in Brass LGA, calls for
cancellation of the poll in the
LGA. “A particular APC chieftain hijacked all materials
and took them to an unknown
place.” 01:30am: Brass LGA Total Voters 2255 Accredited Voters 1703 APC – 1679 PDP – 05 Total Valid Votes 1696 Rejected Votes 7 Total Votes cast 1703 Supplementary elections were held
in three registration areas and six
polling units 01:14am: Yenogoa LGA No REG Voters 9560 No Accredited Voters 1480 APC – 448 PDP – 839 Total Valid Votes – 1309 Rejected Votes – 14 Total Votes Cast – 1368 Supplementary elections were held
in seven registration areas and 18
polling units. 12:50am: Professor Zana Akpagu,
the returning Officer is currently
going through the results of the
previous election. 12:45am: Professor Akpagu says
results are being expected in 51
registration areas and 527 polling
units from the supplementary
election in Bayelsa state. 12:40am: On-going now is the
welcome address by the Resident
Electoral Commissioner for
Bayelsa state, Prof. Zana Akpagu. 12:27am: The exercise has started
with the national anthem, quickly
followed with an opening prayer by
one of the party agents.
The introduction of officials on the
high table now on-going. 12:08am: Results are expected
in 17 wards in Southern Ijaw
where the rerun election took place
and 101 units in other parts of the
state where the Dec. 5, 2015
election was cancelled due to widespread violence. 12:01am: The collation centre is
located at the complex of State
Electoral Commision at hospital
road in Yenagoa. Security
operatives are conducting routine
checks, press men are still busy positioning themselves, cameras,
OB Van in readiness for the
collation exercise which will
commence any moment from now. 11:32pm: The results of four out of
the seven local government areas
where the supplementary election
took place are ready and collation
will commence any time soon. 11:20pm: The hall is gradually filing
up at the Collation Centre at the
Yenagoa Council Hall and
the seats on the platform have now
been clearly marked with names of
officials posted on them. Cameramen and reporters are
taking their positions to record the
highly anticipated results from the
supplementary poll. 11:17pm: Just as newsmen were
about leaving the centre following
no signs of results, Baritor
Lenusikpugi Kpagih, the resident
electoral officer for Bayelsa state,
the Returning Officer, Prof. Zana Akpagu and some of the national
commissioners have arrived and
seated on the platform ready to
commence the announcement of
the poll result. Newsmen are left
with no other option than to rush back to the centre. Kpagih said he was offered bribe to rig Bayelsa election PIC.3.FROM LEFT: RESIDENT
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
BAYELSA STATE, MR BARITOR
KPAGIH;
RETURNING OFFICER,PROF.
ZANA AKPAGU AND ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY,
INEC BAYELSA STATE, DR
RICHARD NTUI, DURING THE
COLLATION OF BAYELSA
STATE GOVERNORSHIP
ELECTION RESULTS AT YENAGOA CITY COUNCIL HALL
ON SUNDAY.
7464/7/12/2015/OCC/CH/NAN 11:00pm: The delay in the
announcement of results is tied to
the fact that collation officers are
still being expected at INEC
collation centre as at the time of
preparing this report. 10:50pm: Normalcy has been
restored at the Collation Centre at
the Yenagoa Council Hall after the
centre was looking like results
were not going to be announced
tonight. Two INEC officials are trying to set up display equipment.

Very good

Yes O! congrats to Dickson n bayelsans for a job well done especially in their bravery in standing against APC's violence n blood shed. I hope dat brass result was canceled imagine PDP geting 5 votes in d whole of lga we ar back to iwu era.
Bayelsa is PDP n PDP is bayelsa.

Good for him

Congras 2 him

as U dn gt dia Vote......


na God win!










Bt main while somewhr In Bayelsa, bubu blike.........

did apc think they will win bayelsa before? they must be high on hot weeds.

drss:
Yes O! congrats to Dickson n bayelsans for a job well done especially in their bravery in standing against APC's violence n blood shed. I hope dat brass result was canceled imagine PDP geting 5 votes in d whole of lga we ar back to iwu era.
Bayelsa is PDP n PDP is bayelsa.

don't mind those apc morons trying to perform impossible magic. river state will still be this way.

#GODWIN - This result has further boost my hope in INEC.
I advise Gov. Dickson to fulfill his campaign promises in this 2nd term. I awaits call from Fmr.Gov. Sylvia just like their brother Goodluck did to PMB which gave Nigeria hope for a sustainable democracy.

LONGLIVE NAIRALAND
GOD BLESS NAIJA

PDP!



God bless bayelsa people 4 ensuring their vote to count.


Next is River's state.