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Kwara Agric school boss, ex-immigration officer, 6 others in line to succeed Olupako

By Mumini AbdulKareem

The race for who succeeds the late Olupako of Share, Oba Abubakar
Dosunmu II has begun in earnest, National Pilot, can reliably report.
As at the time of filing this rep Lead 8
INEC declares APC candidate, Lyon, winner of Bayelsa guber election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa
State, David Lyon, has been declared winner of the Bayelsa State 2019
governorship election.
The declaration was made early hours of Monday by Prof. Faraday
Orumwese, the Vice Chancellor, University of Benin and the returning
officer in the election.
The returning officer announced that Lyon polled 352,552 votes to
defeat his closest rival, Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) who polled 143, 172 votes.
The total number of registered voters was announced as 922, 562 and
the number of accredited voters was put at 517,883.
Online medium, Premium Times earlier reported how Mr Lyon won in 6 of
the 8 local governments in the state.
In the results announced for Ekeremo local government, the number of
registered voters was announced as 125,189 while accredited voters
were 41,423. In the local government, the APC won by polling 21,489
votes while the PDP polled 18,344 votes.
In Southern Ijaw local government, the APC candidate polled 124,803
votes to defeat his closest rival in PDP who polled 4,898 votes. The
APC candidate hails from the local government.
APC governorship candidate David Lyon wins Bayelsa State governorship election
Lyon also defeated Diri in Nembe by polling 83,041 votes. Diri, on his
part, polled 874 in the local government.
In Kolokuma/Opokuma, the APC had 8,934 votes while the PDP had 15,360.
In Sagbama, Mr Diri of the PDP polled 60,339 votes to beat Mr Lyon who
polled 7831.
In Ogbia, the PDP polled 13,763 votes while the APC polled 58,016 votes.
In Yenagoa, the APC candidate polled 24,607 votes while the PDP polled
19,184 votes.
The total number of votes cast was put at 505,884; rejected votes were
6,333; and number of valid votes were put at 499,511.
“That Lyon David of APC having satisfied the requirement of the law is
hereby declared winner and returned elected,” Mr Orumwese said in his
declaration on Monday.
It’s Official: APC scores highest votes in Bayelsa governorship election
November 17, 2019Oladeinde Olawoyin
Kabba Bunu LG, Olle/ Oke Ofin ward 13, PU 001, Vp 2, 1:55 pm. No
organization, ballot box are placed where anybody can access it.

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