Nobody Expected A Flawless Election In Bayelsa State – Governor Douye Diri

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has come out to say that despite imperfections resulting from human error, the recently held governorship election in the state was free, fair, and transparent.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, nobody expected the election to be a flawless one since it is a human endeavour, and the resource streaming from Kogi and Imo cannot be compared to that of Bayelsa State.

He added that every Bayelsan knows that he is all about promoting peace and security in the state.

His words, “The Bayelsa State governorship election might be adjudicated free, fair, and transparent, but it could not be a flawless one since it is a human endeavour. There are challenges; the terrain of our state is totally different from that of Kogi and Imo. In terms of resource streaming it is also difficult.

When there was outcry on the delay in the releasing of results, those of us from the state we understand it was not that easy for elections to be conducted and results will stream in the way they could have, like in Imo and Kogi

We also had challenges such as the boat accident but the elections had to be conducted the following day, A Few of those challenges led to the delay.

Rather than accusing the electoral umpire, the politicians in Bayelsa should be accused. In Nembe during the pre-election, people were chased out, and my party supporters were chased out, including the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice.

Everywhere you had proper elections, you will see the votes that are trickling in their very few numbers but in Nembe where BVAS were bypassed and there was no election you see voodoo figures of 40, 000 votes. The issue is not with the electoral umpire but with the character and the integrity of the kind of people I saw as my opponents in this election.

Every Bayelsan can tell you that part of my scorecard and the administration’s scorecard is the peace and security that we enjoyed in the state.”