Ahead of the January 9, 2016 supplementary governorship election in Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson on Tuesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Dickson, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, arrived at the premises around 2pm and headed for President Muhammadu Buhari’s office.It was, however, not clear if the governor was able to meet with the President.He emerged from the office a few minutes after, but declined
requests to formally speak with the State House correspondents.When told that he could not come and meet the President without disclosing the purpose of the meeting, Dickson denied visiting Buhari.
He claimed he was in the Presidential Villa to see the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.When he was also asked how he was preparing for the election, Dickson said the election had been won and lost.
“The people of Bayelsa have spoken,” he said as he was finding his way to the Chief of Staff’s office.
When he was also told the need to react to media reports that ex-militants were re-grouping ahead of the supplementary election, the governor said members of his camp were always known to be peaceful.
“You know those who are always violent. You know that we are peaceful people,” he said.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had nullified the governorship election results in Southern Ijaw Local Government, thereby declaring the election inconclusive.
Out of the seven local government elections released by the commission, Dickson won six while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, won in only Brass Local Government.
The local governments won by Dickson are Ogbia, Sagbama, Yenagoa, Kolokuma/Opkuma, Ekeremor and Nembe.
The governor had polled 105,748 while Sylvia scored 72,594.
Southern Ijaw LGA, which has the highest number of registered voters in the state, is seen as the local government that will decide the winner of the election.
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