Bayelsa Polls: APC coasting to victory in President Jonathan’s local government
The available results of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State show that the opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading with a wide margin in President Goodluck Jonathan’s Ogbia Local Government Area.
The governorship election conducted on Saturday is a two horse race between the candidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the APC in spite other contenders in the race.
Results from Ogbia revealed that the PDP is trailing the APC from results of the wards collated so far at the local government headquarters in Ogbia Town.
The collation was still ongoing at the time of this report.
There is indication that President Jonathan withheld support for his party, PDP, over disagreement with Governor Seriake Dickson, who ensured Duoye Diri was sponsored as the party’s candidate at the expense of Timi Alaibe, backed by the former president.
Particularly in Otuoke, Ward 13 of the LGA, the APC won in all the polling units. That ward is Mr Jonathan’s. The former president voted in Polling Unit 39 of Ward 13.
As at the time of filing this report, the PDP is trailing the APC with 5,766 to 25,261 votes in the local government area.
