The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
adjourned the collation of governorship election results in Bayelsa state till
12 p.m. on Monday.
Results from two LGAs – Brass and southern Ijaw – are yet to
be collated.
Announcing the development to party agents, election
observers and journalists at the collation centre on Sunday, Wilfred Ifogah,
head of INEC voters’ registration in Bayelsa, said there are challenges in the
collation of results of some polling
units and wards of the two LGAs.
Kuta Farouq, the state returning officer, had previously
adjourned the exercise and said it would resume at 6 p.m.
Earlier, the All Progressives Congress (APC) that alleged
there was an attempt to manipulate the election results of Brass LGA in favour
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement, Felix Morka, spokesperson of the APC, said
INEC has come under pressure from the 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.
In another development, INEC said some of its officials were
held hostage in Brass LGA.
The commission, in a statement, said it was closely
monitoring the situation, adding that the development was detrimental to
credible elections.
The commission also called on security agencies to
immediately facilitate the release of the officials.
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