The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of November 11, 2023 gubernatorial election in the state.
Diri, scored 175,196 to defeat his closest rival, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, who polled 110,308 votes.
The candidate of Labour Party (LP), Engr. Udengs Eradiri, came third after polling 905 votes.
In the build up to the announcement of the result in Southern Ijaw, being the last local government, there was tension in the state as well as the around INEC office, as party Supporters laid siege to the commission’s office.
There was commotion at the collation centre after the declaration of Brass local government area result, as party agents exchanged blows.
Trouble started when party agents disagreed on the result from the area.
After the announcement of results, however, party agents including those of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr Dennis Otiotio and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Talford Ongolo, disagreed on the reported occurrence of violence in the local government.
It took the intervention of security officials to calm the situation.
