BREAKING: INEC Declares Diri Winner of Bayelsa Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday officially declared the candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Duoye Diri, winner of the Bayelsa governorship election.
According to the state returning officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna said Diri, who is also the incumbent governor of the state, polled a total vote of 175,196, while the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva with 110,108 votes.
Diri won six of the LGAs while Sylva won only two LGAs.
