BREAKING: APC agent refuses to sign Bayelsa election result sheet, gives reason

• APC agent at the Bayelsa state governorship election results collation centre, Dennis Otiotio, has rejected and refused to sign the result sheet
• Otiotio's action was in protest of the allegation that over 80 thousand votes of the APC were cancelled in some polling units
• According to Otiotio, the APC won the election if the cancelled votes were added to the current results that INEC has declared

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) agent, Dennis Otiotio, has refused to sign the Bayelsa state governorship election result sheet over the alleged cancellation of over 80 thousand votes.

The party agent made the allegation after the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asked party agents to come and sign the election result sheets before the final declaration of the winner, as monitored by Legit.ng.

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APC faults cancellation of over 80k votes

Otiotio had earlier explained that outright cancellation of over 80 thousand votes is not always acceptable, adding that it should have been imputed for reference, irrespective of the development at the polling units and wards.

The APC agent told journalists at the collation centre that the party will officially write INEC to review the result and hinted at the possibility of heading to court should the electoral umpire fail to look into the allegation effectively.

APC won Bayelsa election, party agent claims

According to Otiotio, the APC won the Bayelsa state governorship election should the cancelled votes be added to the result of the opposition in the state.

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BREAKING: INEC finally declares Douye Diri as winner of Bayelsa guber election, gives breakdown of votes

However, his protest did not stop INEC from declaring Governor Douye Diri as the winner of the Saturday governorship election in the oil-rich state.

The governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has polled 175,196 votes to defeat the candidate of the APC, Timipre Sylva, who garnered 110,108 votes and Labour Party's Udengs Eradiri, who came third with 905 votes.

Diri of PDP declared winner of Bayelsa governorship election

Legit.ng earlier reported that Douye Diri of the PDP has finally been declared the winner of the Bayelsa state governorship election held on Saturday.

INEC REC in the state, Obo Effanga, declared Diri after winning six of the eight local governments in the state.

Diri, the state's current governor, defeated Timipre Sylva of the APC and Obo Effanga of the Labour Party.

Source: Legit.ng