INEC Continues Collating Election Results In Bayelsa Today

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the collation of results in the Bayelsa governorship election is to resume 10AM on Monday.
Results from three local governments were still being expected at 9PM on Sunday when the first part of the exercise closed.

Ijaw South LGA is one of the areas where results were still being expected as election in the local government was rescheduled to Sunday owing to major disturbances and challenges experienced by the electoral body.
The Sunday election, however, started late because of the peculiarity of the riverine area and the challenge of securing electoral officials and materials which eventually arrived late.
Earlier in the evening, there were also reports that ex-militants had disrupted the election in Amassoma ward of Ijaw South Local Government Area.
The militants carrying firearms were said to have chased away the voters and INEC officials conducting the exercise in the area.
An election observer, Abiodun Ajijola, believes that it could be impossible to have a winner without results from Southern Ijaw LGA which has 425 polling units.