APC takes over Bayelsa as INEC declares David Lyon winner guber election ~ Truth Reporters

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr David Lyon, has won the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State.

The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Faraday Orunmuwese, announced this on Monday morning.

Professor Orunmuwese returned Lyon as the winner of the keenly contested election after scoring the highest number of votes in the poll.

The APC candidate polled a total of 352,552 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Duoye Diri, who scored 143,172 votes.

The Governor-elect won in six LGAs while his PDP rival claimed the remaining two LGAs.

Lyon won in Brass, Ekeremor, Nembe, Ogbia, Southern Ijaw, and Yenagoa LGAs while Diri won in Kolokuma/Opokuma and Sagbama LGAs.

Declaring the APC candidate as the winner, Professor Orunmuwese explained that a total of 505,884 votes were cast, out of which 499,551 were counted as valid votes.

He added that a total of 922,562 voters registered for the election but 517,883 voters were accredited.

See the results below:

1. BRASS

APC 23,831

PDP 10,410

2. EKEREMOR

APC 21,489

PDP 18,344

3KOLOKUMA/OPOKUMA

APC 8,934

PDP 15,360

4. NEMBE

APC 83,041

PDP 874

5. OGBIA

APC 58,016

PDP 13,763

6. SAGBAMA

APC 7,831

PDP 60,339

7. SOUTHERN IJAW

APC 124,803

PDP 4,898

8. YENAGOA

APC 24,607

PDP 19,184


APC= 352,552

PDP= 143,172

MARGIN = 209,380