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The protesters held placards berating the judge for the decision on the governorship election in Bayelsa State on February 13, 2020

The meeting was still in progress as at the time of filing this report.

According to official results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Dickson was leading in three out of the four local government areas which results were available before the adjournment was announced

Over 14 people, including four policemen, two soldiers and eight civilians were feared dead in Ekeremor alone

The coalition also confirmed reports that some collation officers from the Independent National Electoral Commission have been compromised by the All Progressives Congress with N300,000 bribe

In an Affidavit of Facts deposed to at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State to support a petition to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Ted alleged that Dickson offered Kpagih N1 billion to illegally tilt the December 5, 2015 governorship poll in Bayelsa State in favour of the governor and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party

The suspension of the collation was announced by the INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Zana Akpagu

Results from three local government areas were still being expected as at 9pm on Sunday when INEC announced that the collation would continue on Monday morning

This was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Press and Public Relations of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, on Sunday in Abuja

The Change Advocacy Party and its candidate, Dr. Imoro Kubor, had gone to court to contest the suitability of Dickson standing for the election, saying the governor was not the flag bearer of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party