Mr David Lyon, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken an early lead in the Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State.
According to results collated so far from six out of the 8 LGAs at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yenagoa, the APC candidate won four LGAs while the PDP candidate won in two LGAs.
The total number of votes garnered by Lyon in the six LGAs collated so far is 206,260, leading Diri who polled 119,930.
This is a difference of over 86,000 votes.
Brass, Kolokuma/Opokuma, Nembe, Ogbia, Sagbama, and Yenagoa are some of the LGAs collated so far.
The other two LGAs whose results are yet to be collated Ekeremor and Southern Ijaw.
A Break Down Of The Results Collated
BRASS
APC 23,831
PDP 10,410
2
EKEREMOR
3
KOLOKUMA/
OPOKUMA
APC 8,934
PDP 15,360
4
NEMBE
APC 83,041
PDP 874
5
OGBIA
APC 58,016
PDP 13,763
6
SAGBAMA
APC 7,831
PDP 60,339
7
SOUTHERN IJAW
8
YENAGOA
APC 24,607
PDP 19,184
TOTAL
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