INEC declares Seriake Dickson winner of Bayelsa governorship election

The incumbent governor of Bayelsa state has
been declared winner of the governorship election
in Bayelsa state. Having won the rerun election in
Southern Ijaw LG, Seriake was declared winner of
the election by INEC. He pulled a total of 134,998
votes to defeat APC's Timipre Sylva who pulled
86,852 votes.
“Henry Dickson Seriake, having satisfied the
requirements of the law and scored the
highest number of votes, is hereby declared
the winner and is returned elected. This is
signed by the returning officer dated this
10th day of January 2016,” the Returning
Officer said