JUST IN: INEC Nullifies Southern Ijaw Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
has nullified Saturday’s Bayelsa state governorship
election in Southern Ijaw local government area,
Premium Times Reports.

INEC Officials during collation of Bayelsa election result
this morning
Although parts of the votes from the election have been
counted, the cancelled votes in the Southern Ijaw local
government area will make the elections inconclusive.
According to reports, INEC nullified the election due to
violence during the election in the area, the abduction of
electoral officials and ballot box snatching. The election
will be conducted in due date at the affected local
government area which is one of the state’s eight LGAs.
From the votes that have been counted, the Peoples
Democratic Party’s Governor Seriake Dickson is clearly
leading. He won majority of the seven local government
areas announced on Sunday by INEC.
His main challenger, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, has so far scored the second highest
number of votes.
Meanwhile, sequel to the announcement of results of the
ongoing governorship election in five local government
areas of Bayelsay state by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Ben Murray-Bruce
predicted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is
likely to win the poll with a large margin.