The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Mr David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of governorship election held in Bayelsa state on Saturday, November, 16th.
Lyon, who won in six of the eight local government areas of the state, puts an end to over twenty years of the People’s Democratic Party’s rule in the south south state.
The Chief Returning Officer, Prof. Faraday Orumwense, had after he released the result of the Ekeremor Local Government Area, which was the last being expected by INEC on Sunday night, promised that the final result would be made public before 1am on Monday
Orumwense made good his promise as he announced that Lyon polled 352,552 votes to defeat Douye Diri of the PDP, who polled 143,172 votes some minutes after 1am.
Lyon was declared winner in six out of the eight local governments announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission at the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Media Centre in the state commission’s headquarters in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The six local government areas won by the APC are Brass; Nembe; Ogbia, Southern Ijaw, Ekeremor and Yenagoa while the PDP won in the Sagbama and Kolokuma/Opokuma local government areas.