Incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Duoye Diri is leading his closest rival, Timipre Sylva with a wide margin in the November 11 Governorship election in the state.
From the results of 5 local government areas so far collated,Diri( PDP) leads with over 90,000 votes polling 147,958 votes while Sylva,( APC) gets 57,344 votes.
: The results are as follows:
Ogbia
APC – 16,319
LP – 57
PDP – 18,435
Kolokuma-Okokuma
APC – 5,349
LP – 22
PDP – 18,465
SAGBAMA
APC: 6,608
PDP: 35,504
LP: 217
Yenegoa
APC – 14534
PDP – 37777
NEMBE
APC: 22,248
PDP: 4,556
LP: 113