Incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri has emerged as the winner of the Off Cycle Governorship Election in Bayelsa with an unassailable 65,088 Votes Margin against his closest rival, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The unassailable lead of Governor Diri became vivid after the collation of the election results from all the eight local government areas of the State on Monday afternoon.

Prof. Faruq Kuta, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer who resumed final phase of the collation at about 12:42pm on Monday, about 48 hours after the election held in the oil-rich South-South State, announced that the exercise had come to an end as he was expected to formally announce the winner of the election thereafter.

Diri won the election in six of the eight local government areas of the state, while his closest challenger and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, cliched only two LGAs.

The LGAs include Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe, Ekeremor, Brass, and Southern Ijaw.

 

 

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