The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Bayelsa State governorship election, Timipre Sylva has won Brass local government area when the Independent National Electoral Commission resumed collation of results on Monday afternoon.
The State Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, resumed collation at 12:42 on Monday, about 48 hours after the election held in the oil-rich South-South State.
The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Governor Douye Diri who is leading in the election, has won five out of the eight LGAs in the State.
However, when collation resumed on Monday, Sylva was declared the winner of Brass LGA where he polled 18, 431 while Diri scored 12,602.
Results from Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nemb, Ekeremor and Brass LGAs are out remaining only that of Southern Ijaw to announce the winner of the election.
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