After the results from six of the state’s eight local government areas—Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe, and Ekeremor—were collated, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decided to postpone the ongoing collation of results until Monday at noon. Southern Ijaw and Brass are the local government districts that survive.
The process was deferred on Sunday night by Prof. Faruq Kuta, the state returning officer for the Bayelsa election and vice chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna.
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Timipre Sylva, a former state governor and minister of state for petroleum resources, is the principal opponent of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor Duoye Diri.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the poll, Sylva, served as governor of Bayelsa twice: first from May 2007 to April 2008 and then from May 2008 to January 2012.
Candidates for the Bayelsa election were supported by sixteen political parties.
