YENAGOA—WITH official results from five of the eight local councils,
Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
yesterday, emerged as the front runner in the Bayelsa State Governorship
election having scored 81,929 votes.
He is closely being pursued by the All Progressives Congress, APC,
standard bearer and immediate past governor of the state, Chief Timipre
Sylva, who got 56,514 votes.
So far, results from 28 polling units in the five councils were
cancelled due to electoral skirmishes, over-voting, malfunctioning card
readers and violence.
While Dickson won in four of the five councils, Sylva had the upper
hand in the battle for Brass, his local council. The councils that
Dickson won were Sagbama, Yenagoa, Ekeremor, Kolokuma/Opokuma.
