COLLATION of results of the governorship election held on Saturday, November 11, in Bayelsa state has been adjourned for about three hours.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer in the state, Farouk Kuta, announced this on Sunday, November 12.
Kuta adjourned the collation to 3.00 p.m. at about 12.10 p.m. after announcing results from three local government areas (LGAs), namely Ogbia, Yenagoa, and Kolokuma/Opokuma.
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Diri polled the highest number of votes in Yenagoa, winning 37,777 out of 54,070 votes cast. APC got 14 534, and LP won 244.
In Kolokuma/Opokuma, PDP polled 18,465, APC won 5,349, and LP secured 22, while in Ogbia LGA, PDP led with 18,435, APC followed with 16,319, and LP polled 57.
Diri, who is seeking a second and final term, won in all the three LGAs.
The process was adjourned as other LGA collation officers were not ready to present results from their areas.
“The information on our desk here is that we don’t have any local government that is ready for presentation. And so I want to plead that we adjourn and reconvene at 3.00 o’clock,” he said.
The ICIR reported that Diri won the election in his polling unit with a landslide, clearing 218 out of 219 votes cast. He also cleared all the votes in nearby polling units, taking all the 150 votes cast in polling unit 003, Ibaba Wari primary school, Sampur community, Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA.
Diri also won the polling unit of the Labour Party candidate in the election Udengs Eradiri.
He polled the majority of votes in the unit, with 130 votes, while Eradiri garnered only eight votes from his polling unit in unit 05, Ward 10, Yenagoa LGA.
Ijeoma Opara is a journalist with The ICIR. Reach her via [email protected] or @ije_le on Twitter.