The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bayelsa state governor, Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the state governorship off-cycle election, which took place on November 11.
The Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Prof. Kuta Farouk, announced the result on Monday in Yenagoa.
Diri polled 175,196 votes to defeat his stiffest challenger, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who got 110,108 votes.
Further details showed that Diri won in six local governments while Sylva won two.
