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November 16 Election Was An Insult To Bayelsans – Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has come out to say there was no governorship election conducted in Bayelsa on November 16, 2019. According to him, the election conducted by INEC on that day was an insult to the people of the state. He added that what happened on November 16 ...

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Bayelsa Elections Was A Charade – Gov Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has said it was sad that INEC went ahead to announce the November 16 governorship election results “in spite of the brigandage and violence that marred the poll.” The governor revealed this during the monthly praise night for November held on Monday in Yenagoa, according ...

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APC Did Not Earn Their Victory In Bayelsa State – Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson has said APC leaders are using GEJ to give legitimacy to the alleged electoral fraud the party committed during the recent governorship election in the state. Seriake, who revealed this during a press conference in Yenagoa on Tuesday said it was a strategic move ...

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Yahaya Bello, David Lyon Must Lead Kogi And Bayelsa Well – Tinubu

Bola Tinubu

APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu has urged Bayelsa and Kogi governors-elect, Yahaya Bello and David Lyon to offer good leadership and progressive governance in their states. He revealed this in a congratulatory message signed by Mr. Tunde Rahman, his media aide. Tinubu also congratulated his party, the party’s National Chairman, ...

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I Refuse To Accept The Bayelsa Gov Poll Result – Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson

Governor Seriake Dickson has come out to say that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would challenge the outcome of Nov. 16 Bayelsa governorship election in court. He revealed this as he addressed a world press conference in Yenagoa on Tuesday. He said PDP did not lose the election since it ...

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Security Agencies Were Part Of The Rigging In Kogi, Bayelsa Elections – CSOs

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Civil society groups have come out to say that security agencies, including the police, were part of the rigging and manipulation of Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The Centre for Democracy and Development and the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities blasted the security operatives for allegedly partnering ...

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GEJ Is Happy With Us Winning The Gov Election In Bayelsa – APC

Goodluck Jonathan

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has come out to say that ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan is happy with the result of the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa State. The APC Governorship candidate in the election, David Lyon was announced as the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as ...

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Ahmed Lawan Congratulates Kogi, Bayelsa Governors-Elect

Ahmed Lawan

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring a level playing field that has helped the people to assert their sovereignty and select their leaders. Lawan then hailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates on their victory in the governorship elections in Kogi and ...

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INEC Starts Collation Of Election Results In Bayelsa State

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Sagbama Local Government Area Collation Officer, Prof Moses Osawarue of the University of Benin, has announced that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP won the local government area with 60,339, while the All Progressives Congress, APC received 7,831. Sagbama LGA is where the outgoing Governor Seriake Dickson and the PDP running ...

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Bayelsa, Kogi Elections: INEC Should Extend Voting Time – YIAGA Africa

YIAGA Africa

After the late commencement of voting in some of the polling units in Bayelsa and Kogi state, YIAGA Africa has urged INEC to extend the voting time for the gubernatorial election. In a recent press statement via Twitter, the group said polling units in the 2 states did not start ...

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Election Materials Arriving Late In Bayelsa Is An Indictment On INEC – GEJ

Goodluck Jonathan

Ex-President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan is not happy with the late arrival of election materials at his home state in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. GEJ disclosed this as he addressed journalists after casting his vote in the Bayelsa governorship election. According to him, the delayed voting exercise in some parts of ...

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APC Is Hijacking Voting Materials In Bayelsa State – Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa voted at Polling Unit 005, Ward 2, Toru-Orua community, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. According to him, APC is working with security agencies to hijack voting materials. After exercising his franchise, he alleged that security agencies had helped APC to move voting materials, ...

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Politicians Must Abide By Peace Accord During Bayelsa Elections – Police

Nigeria Police Force

>The Police Command has warned Bayelsa politicians and their supporters to respect the peace accord signed by participants in the election. According to the Police, nothing less than 31,000 policemen have been deployed for the election in the state. As they assured the people of their security during the polls, ...

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INEC Must Be Fair And Neutral During Bayelsa And Kogi Elections – Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked for exemplary conduct of non-partisanship on the part of election and law enforcement officials in Saturday’s governorship polls in Bayelsa and Kogi. Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Thursday, said that voters ...

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Court Has Granted APC Stay Of Execution In Bayelsa ― Timipre Sylva

Timipre Sylva

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Timipre Sylva, has said the Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted the All Progressives Congress (APC) a stay of execution on the judgment delivered by the Federal High Court nullifying the primaries of the party. Timipre, who disclosed this in a news ...

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Bayelsa State Should Not Be As Backward As It Is Now – David Lyon

Chief David Lyon

The All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, David Lyon, has come out to say that the social conditions of the people and their communities should not be as poor as it is right now. According to David, the state should not be so backward and underdeveloped with ...

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Bayelsa Will Vote For A Party That Believes In Genuine Democracy — Adams Oshiomhole

Adams Oshiomhole

APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole has inaugurated 2 campaign councils for the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, warning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to try to learn new tactics of winning polls legally since electoral results would no longer be determined by gunshots. The former governor said this ...

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Bayelsa Indigens Must Chase PDP Out On November 16 — Chief David Lyon

Chief David Lyon

APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon has pledged to right all the wrongs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government if he is elected as governor. Chief David, who vowed to be a servant leader if he wins, gave this promise today during the launching of the ...

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APC Will Defeat PDP In Bayelsa State – Adams Oshiomhole

Adams Oshiomhole

Ahead of the November 16 Governorship polls in Bayelsa state, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has promised to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the state. He said their defeat is sure but APC will not play dirty with them. Adams Oshiomohle said ...

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Suspected cultists machete female NYSC member in Bayelsa (Photos)

26-year-old NYSC�member serving in Bayelsa State, Miss Folakemi Akinbode, is now struggling for her life at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, following a brutal attack from suspected cultists. The incident occurred, Monday, at about 8.30pm at Obunagha community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Miss ...

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