Governor Seriake Dickson has
called for outright cancellation of the elections in Nembe Local Government
Area where 20 people were reportedly killed by gunmen at a PDP campaign rally.
Dickson made the statement while
speaking with newsmen shortly after casting his vote at Oruerewari, Polling
Unit 005, Toru Orua in Sagbama Local Government Area on Saturday.
He called on the Chairman of INEC
to issue an order canceling the process in all the affected units, wards, local
government areas, where election materials had been stolen or hijacked.
He also urged INEC to cancel the
electoral process in areas “where officials have been kidnapped and held
hostage to enable the APC cook up non-existing figures”.
Dickson, who is serving his
second term on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform and the party’s
candidate, Sen. Douye Diri, also lamented about electoral fraud and widespread
violence.
In Yenagoa, a voter, Ebikeme
Doubra, described the process as “peaceful except for isolated cases of
attempts to snatch ballot box which was thwarted by security agents”.
“Some thugs attempted to disrupt
the process and they were contained by security agencies in Ekeki and Opolo
areas of Yenagoa, but other places were peaceful.
“The election was smooth and the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should be commended for the
smooth conduct of this election. We expect them to ensure that our votes
count,” Doubra said.
However, Voting has ended and
voters now await the announcement of results across Bayelsa in respect of
Saturday’s Governorship elections.
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