INEC Postpones Bayelsa Governorship Results Collation

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned the collation of the Bayelsa governorship election results by one hour.

The Bayelsa State Collation Officer, Professor Kuta Farouk, announced the adjournment of the collation following commotion at the collation center in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Monday.

Naija News reports that the commotion started when party agents disagreed on the result from Brass Local Government Area, which was adopted at the collation center after the resumption of collation.

Recall that Brass and Southern Ijaw LGAs were the only two of the eight local governments in Bayelsa whose results were yet to be declared as of Sunday night. The collation was, on Sunday, adjourned to noon on Monday.

When the collation resumed on Monday, the collation officer for Brass announced the results that showed that the APC won in Brass with 18,431 votes compared to the 12,602 of the PDP.

However, after the announcement of the results, party agents, including those of APC and PDP, disagreed on the reported occurrence of violence in the local government.

The commotion almost led to a fisticuff until the intervention of security officials who were at the collation center.

Following the development, the INEC REC announced a one-hour adjournment before the announcement of the result of the Southern Ijaw.