Despite being disqualified by the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday that he is not the authentic governorship candidate of the
Despite being disqualified by the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday that he is not the authentic governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the November 16 election in the State, David Lyon, candidate of the the All Progressives Congress (APC), has secured the highest number of votes in the Bayelsa governorship election.
Lyon defeated Douye Diri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a cousin to the incumbent, in six out of eight locals government areas of the state. The APC polled 352,552 while PDP secured 143,170 votes, leaving a margin of 209,382.
This is the first time an opposition party would win a governorship election in the oil-rich state since the return of democracy in 1999. The state, which was created in 1996, has always been governed by the PDP.
