The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon is leading his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Diri as unit results trickled in after Saturday’s Gubernatorial election. The unit results showed that Lyon was leading the PDP Candidate, Douye Diri, in Southern Ijaw, Nembe, Brass, … Read more
– Lyon hails INEC, says process peaceful The Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief David Lyon, has described the ongoing election in the state as peaceful. Lyon, who applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct so far, advised the people to remain peaceful throughout the exercise. Lyon … Read more
– The journalists were returning from the polling station when the incident occurred and left the victims submerged – A boat carrying four journalists covering the governorship elections, including its correspondent capsized – A stretch of about 200 metres along the road, leading to polling unit 4, Ward 6, where the candidate of the Peoples … Read more
– PDP Governorship candidate, Diri said that it was the duty of security agencies to apprehend anybody found to have engaged in acts capable of truncating the process – Diri made this statement while speaking with newsmen shortly after casting his vote at Polling Unit 4, in Sampou, Kokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of the state … Read more
The Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, has cast his vote along side his wife Dame Patience Jonathan, in their hometown, Otueke, Bayelsa State. He decried the late arrival of election materials, which led to late accreditation of voters. Jonathan, who was expected to cast his vote, stepped out of his house at 8:30 a.m., but … Read more
Forty-five candidates are jostling for 889,308 votes in today’s gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state. However, the events of the last one month have shown that today’s governorship poll is a two horse race between Senator Douye Diri of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party and Chief David Lyon of the All Progressive Congress, APC. Aside Pastor … Read more