The collation of results of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State has been hurriedly adjourned after an aggrieved party agent disrupted proceedings.
Resumption of collation of results, earlier scheduled to resume at 12pm, had started behind schedule. Midway into the collation of results from Brass Local Government Area, aggrieved party agents started querying the figures being announced.
One of them, the agent of Accord Party (AP), eventually engaged in a scuffle with the agent of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
The State Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, had to hurriedly announce the adjournment of proceedings by one hour when security agents had a tough time dousing the brawl as the two aggrieved men rushed out of the collation building to continue their fight outside.
So far, results from seven of the eight LGAs have been announced with the incumbent, Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the lead having won five local governments while APC’s Timipre Sylva got two.
The PDP candidate is leading his APC counterpart with over 55,000 votes but results from the last LGA, Southern Ijaw, might be a game-changer. (Additional reports by Channels TV)
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