The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected an alleged
attempt to move the collation of the governorship election results in Brass LGA
to Yenagoa, capital city of Bayelsa.
In a statement on Sunday, Felix Morka, national spokesperson
of the APC, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come
under pressure from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Douye Diri, governor
of Bayelsa.
Morka said Brass is a stronghold of the APC and Timipre
Sylva, its governorship candidate in the state.
“Brass, remarkably, is a major stronghold of our great party
where the people have voted massively for our candidate, Timipre Sylva. The
move is a calculated attempt to manipulate the result of the votes in favour of
the PDP,” he said.
“INEC must stand its ground and collate the votes of Brass
LGA in Brass as mandated by law before moving to Yenagoa for the final state
collation.
“We also vehemently condemn Governor Diri’s fervent
incitement of violent protests at the Peace Park in Yenagoa. This is utterly
irresponsible and a violation of his oath of office as Governor.
“The people of Bayelsa deserve to vote and have the results
of the election declared in peace and safety.”
The spokesperson said any attempt to set Bayelsa “ablaze”
must be resisted.
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