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Seriake Dickson of PDP Declared Bayelsa Governor
Feb 12, 2012 (Leadership/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) --
Amidst protests from opposition parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Hon. Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of the governorship election in Bayelsa state.
Dickson got 417,500 votes, while the candidate of the Change Advocacy Party CAP, Dr. Imuro Kubor followed with 22,534 votes. Candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Kamela Okara recorded 9,627and Famous Danemuogha of the CPC recorded 3,548.
In a related development, Okarasays he will challenge the outcome of the election won by the PDP candidate, Mr Seriake Dickson.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Sunday that based on what the party had seen, it had rejected the result of the Feb. 11, governorship election in the state.
He said reports received by the party from different parts of the state showed that there were irregularities during the election.
He said that the party expected free and fair elections, but that it did not see such.
Okara said that the party would pursue a legal option because the will of the people was manipulated.
"If the reports coming to us confirm what we have been receiving from different parts of the state, clearly, we will have no other option, but to pursue a legal option.
"We will have no choice but to pursue a legal option.
"Because, clearly, it is not right in a democratic context for the will of the people to be manipulated, for people to be intimidated and their rights taken away; that is certainly not right. And we have to now pursue the options available to us constitutionally to address that," he said.
Okara said the party was still compiling reports from its agents across the state and would make its final observations on the election known to the people of the state.
He urged supporters and members of the Action Congress of Nigeria to remain law abiding as the party would challenge the out come of the election constitutionally.
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