The Governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson, has been declared winner of the just concluded Bayelsa governorship supplementary elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer for the election in the state, Prof. Zana Akpagu announced the results.
Declaring the results, Akpagu said “I
wish to declare that Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson, with a total votes of
134,998, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scoring the
highest votes, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”
According to Punch Newspapers, Dickson won the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva with 48,146 votes.
In his acceptance speech, Governor Dickson said “To
the extent that the people ensured that they spoke loud and clear and
that their choice clearly emerged provide some reassurance that our
democracy is coming of age.
“Sadly,
however, the elections were conducted at the price of several lives lost
and mayhem visited on many communities by mindless brigands clearly
suborned by those who do not respect the democratic process and have
equally scant regard for the sanctity of lives and property.”
Adding that “Unfortunately, we can’t celebrate because people have died.
“I
want to assure you that we will do everything possible to identify the
culprits and bring them to justice. I want to express my heartfelt
condolences and sympathy to the families of the innocent victims of the
violence. The government will be undertaking a full accounting of what
happened.”
“The mandate you have given us
having been clearly demonstrated, I want to assure you that my
administration will work tirelessly to justify this mandate as we tried
to do in the first four years to almost universal acknowledgement and
approbation,” Dickson said.
12 people were reportedly killed during the Bayelsa state supplementary election which held on Saturday, January 9, 2015.
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