Hours after voting ended in Bayelsa and Kogi states, results are beginning to trickle in as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) tries to put behind itself, the several irregularities and violence reported yesterday to announce outright winners in the gubernatorial elections.
Though the off-season elections have been characterized by act of violence, late arrival of electoral materials, vote buying and intimidation of voters, the election was concluded in many parts of the two states.
A total of 45 candidates took part in the Bayelsa gubernatorial election. However, from the results seen so far, the contest has been between David Lyon of the APC and Duoye Diri of the PDP.
Also, in Kogi, 24 candidates appeared on the election ballot, with the incumbent Yahaya Bello of the APC squaring up with Musa Wada of the PDP.
As at the time of this publication, results from only a few wards and polling units have been announced by INEC, with the PDP candidate in Kogi, Musa Wada, winning his polling unit by landslide.
Wada won his Ward 4 Unit 001in Dekina LGA with 1,223 votes while Bello got 150 votes. In Makutu (2),Yagba east Senatorial District in Kogi West, the APC got 124 while the PDP polled 270.
Results from PU 014, Ward 10, in Ibaji LGA indicated that the APC got 98 votes while the PDP got 223.
In Ankpa LGA, at Ankpa Township Opulegba beside roundabout PU 001, the PDP got 318 while the APC got 94, in PU: 07 Ward: 03(Odo Ere/Oke Ere) in Yagba West Senatorial District,  APC got 50 while PDP got 91.
In Polling unit 002 Orokere Police Station Frontage, Mopamuro LGA, APC: 33 PDP: 117 SDP: 2.
Early results from Bayelsa indicated that the candidate of the APC, David Lyon is breaking away. Atissa ward 1, unit 9, Yenagoa Local Government Area, the PDP got 77 while APC got 94 votes. In Ikibiri unit 2, Yenagoa Local Government Area PDP had 51 while the APC had 108 votes.
In Agudama-Epie, ward 4, unit 12, Yenagoa Local Government, PDP- 24 and APC – 368.
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