Bayelsa Senatorial Bye-Election: Gov. Diri, Ewhrudjakpo win polling units

-

 Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has delivered his polling unit 4, Ward 7 in Sampou, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area to his party, the PDP.


The party won convincingly with 802 votes while APC scored no vote.


Similarly, Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo won his polling unit 6, Ward 4 in Ofoni, Sagbama Local Government Area.


In the result declared, the PDP polled 1150 while its nearest challenger, the APC got 13 while the PDP also won at Unit 10 of the same ward by 1484 to APC's 9 votes.



At Atissa Ward 1, Unit 10 (Peace Park) opposite Government House, Yenagoa, the PDP polled 43 votes as against APC's 3.


Meanwhile, voting started late in Agbere community in Sagbama Local Government Area in the Bayelsa West Senatorial bye-election after hoodlums attacked the RAC center in a bid to disrupt the process but security agents intervened and recovered all election materials.



The State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai has frowned at attitude of some people who plotted to disenfranchise others from exercising their civic rights in Agbere.


Mr. Ebibai, who spoke after security agents scuttled a planned attack by hoodlums to disrupt the elections and cart away materials thus delaying the process, explained that the people were eager to vote for a candidate of their choice and would do so no matter the situation.




He lauded the security personnel and INEC officials for recognising the rights of the people to vote and the provisions made to ensure a smooth and peaceful polls.










Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fayemi Defrays #31 Billion Debt Inherited From Fayose

-
Image
·        …Says 2020 ‘ll be year of life-changing projects Posted by Tony Okechukwu Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday disclosed that his administration has defrayed #31,105, 658,370.89 amounting to 26% of the total debt inherited by his administration from the immediate past government of Mr. Ayodele Fayose. Delivering a state of the State address at the State House of Assembly, the governor said the sum was expended to defray salaries, pension, gratuity, subvention arrears and contractual claims and obligations owed by Fayose. Fayemi however assured that despite the burden of inherited debts, the year 2020 would witness a massive commissioning of projects and institutionalizing of more life-changing programmes. The governor who described the failure of the immediate past government to meet its obligations to workers and pensioners as a violation of fundamental human rights stated that his administration is focusing ...
Read more

GOs Protest Fraudulent Election Results in Bayelsa

-
Image
Posted By Tony Okechukwu Members of various non-governmental organisations and civil society groups in Bayelsa State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of the state. Comrade Toitoi Newton of the Grassroots For Development, who led the protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yenagoa, told journalists that the CSOs demand a cancellation of the purported results from Constituency 4 in Southern Ijaw council and Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe council where election materials were carted away. According to Comrade Newton, elections did not hold in the seven wards of Nembe-Bassambiri due to the violence orchestrated by political thugs aided by security personnel deployed in the community. He said the people were disenfranchisised as they were chased away from their communities on the day of the election. Comrade Stephen Seleke of the Advocacy for Peace also said an...
Read more

Attorny General of the Federation Clears Rift between Rival Factions of IPMAN

-
Image
By Desmond Ogudu There was wild jubilation across the rank and file of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) nationwide as the Honorable Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami in a landmark judicial release cleared the lingering ambiguity in the Supreme Court judgment of 14th December 2018. Addressing a cross-section of marketers from the Western and Northern Zones who paid him a solidarity visit, the National Deputy President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Alh. Debo Ahmed, began with congratulating His Excellency Pres. Muhammadu Buhari on his 2nd term inauguration in office and pledged the total support of the IPMAN towards his administration’s goal and objectives. He went further to assuring the teeming marketers of the Association's commitment in ensuring a total transformation in the oil and gas down stream sector of the economy. Speaking on behalf of the National President of IPMAN, ...
Read more