The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) Governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said
that he won the Saturday Gubernatorial election in the State.
Diri called on the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare him winner of the election.
Senator Diri, who made the call
on Monday while briefing newsmen in Yenagoa, said that the results monitored by
his party’s situation room in the eight local government areas, showed in clear
terms that he won and should be declared the governor-elect of Bayelsa state.
The PDP governorship candidate
who announced 98,582 as the total figure scored by the PDP said the APC got a
total of 55,903 in the election.
Giving a breakdown of the
figures, he said the PDP scored 4,096 in Brass local government area, while the
All Progressives Congress (APC) got 2,525.
According to him, the PDP polled
9,903 while the APC had 7,976 in Ogbia, while in Southern Ijaw, the PDP scored
12,225 and APC got 9,542.
Senator Diri who announced that
in Yenagoa, the PDP polled 21,165, said the APC scored 15,560, while in
Sagbama, the PDP got 60,339 and APC had 7,831.
He further explained that the PDP
polled a total of 21,381 in Ekeremor, while the APC scored 8,780.
Also in Kolokuma/Opokuma, he
noted that the PDP had 12,110 and APC 6,659 while in Nembe, PDP polled 24 and
APC had 908 votes.
He maintained that it was illegal
for the APC to have contested the governorship election because of a subsisting
court judgement and urged INEC to disqualify the APC, which is a major
contender in the exercise.
He stressed that he did not
contest the election against the Candidate of the APC, David Lyon, who was
returned winner by INEC as the party had already being disqualified by the
court before the election.
The PDP’s agent, Chief O.O.
Osusu, said there were two subsisting court judgements before the conduct of
the November 16 Governorship election, stressing that it was wrong for the APC
to be on the ballot.
In separate speeches,
governorship candidates of the Green Party, Eniye Zidougha, APGA, Fayeofori
Bob-Manuel, Okiah Jones of Masses Movement of Nigeria as well as several other
guber candidates who spoke, lampooned INEC for declaring the candidate of the
APC, Chief David Lyon winner.
According to them, despite
obvious irregularities including the use of the Nigerian Army to intimidate
voters and subvert the will of the people, the electoral body still went
further to announce the results.
The aspirants therefore,
challenged INEC to produce the court order which cleared the APC to participate
in Saturday’s governorship election.
He questioned the use of
returning officers from one particular university at the collation center who
they noted were influenced by the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole to rig
the polls.
They also berated the Army for
its interference in the polls to favour the APC and called on the electoral
umpire to declare Senator Douye Diri of the PDP as winner of the governorship
election held on 16 November, 2019.
The Chairman of Ogbia local
government area, Hon Ebinyon Turner recalled his ordeal in the hands of
soldiers of the Division 6 of the Nigerian Army who arrested him and other
party members during the election.
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