Bayelsa poll: INEC suspends collation of results

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended the collation of results in the Bayelsa State governorship election.
The suspension of the collation was announced by the INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Zana Akpagu.
The suspension, Akpagu said, followed the non-arrival of the result for Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.
He said since he was not sure of when the result for the LGA would arrive, it was better to suspend the announcement and allow the stakeholders to take a stroll and do other things.
The time for the resumption of collation would be announced by INEC.
Southern Ijaw Local Government Area is made up of riverine communities that are difficult to access because of the terrain.
The election in the area was suspended on Saturday following violence.
It was only conducted on Sunday.
Before the suspension of the collation of results, the incumbent and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seriake Dickson, was leading.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, was a distant second.
While Dickson has taken six out of the seven local government areas announced so far, Sylva has won only one.
Bayelsa State has only eight local government areas.