Several people were reported dead in the aftermath of the violence in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area
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A political movement in the Bayelsa State chapter of the APC, APC Bayelsa Good Governance Group, on Sunday said it had it on good authority that Sylva was annoyed that Lokpobiri had refused to pay the remaining N200 million because he only got the position of a junior minister
According to Dickson, while he was with God and campaigned with the Peoples Democratic Party for six weeks, Sylva was waiting for the judiciary to make him governor
Dickson defeated his closest rival, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, to win the election
Dickson defeated his arch-rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, by a margin of about 13,000 votes
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
The election has been scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission for Southern Ijaw LGA and 101 other polling units in parts of Bayelsa State
While describing the report as wicked and malicious, Ogbe said the story of the attack on him was a figment of the imagination of the APC, concocted by its governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, to smear the democratic credentials of Dickson and cause confusion in the winning team
“Why is Sylva afraid to be part of a rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw if truly he knows he is popular and on ground there to win the votes of the people? What is Sylva doing moving from one office to the other in Abuja holding nocturnal meetings and begging anyone who he thinks hold the ace to help him become governor again, rather than staying back in Bayelsa to reach out to the people of Southern Ijaw and see if he can manage to get at least ten percent of the votes in the rescheduled election?
A source in the Presidency stated that Buhari was not happy with the APC in Bayelsa and Sylva over alleged pockets of violence during the rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw LGA
In a petition to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, which was copied to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN), Sylva stated that the commission lacked the powers to cancel already concluded or ongoing election
The Commission made the declaration on Monday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital
The suspension of the collation was announced by the INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Zana Akpagu
With Nembe Local Government Area having been announced, only result from Southern Ijaw Local Government Area is outstanding
With the announcement of the result of Ogbia Local Government Area, the Independent National Electoral Commission is left with only two local government areas to announce
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
The PDP candidate and incumbent Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, also came out victorious in Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA, where he polled a total 7,619 votes to 6,396 for Chief Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress
Journalists were informed that Adigio, who served as Personal Assistant to Chief Timipre Sylva and recently decamped to join Governor Seriake Dickson’s administration, was allegedly attacked by several armed youths believed to be members of the All Progressives Congress
The Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, said in a statement that having been properly invited by the organisers of the event, Sylva had no excuse to be absent.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, filed the suit seeking to disqualify Sylva from participating in the election