A Nigerian election official displays an empty ballot box to voters during the Osun State governorship election in Ede, southwest of Nigeria, on September 22, 2018. Voters in the southwestern state of Osun went to the polls to elect a new governor amid growing concerns about free and fair voting, six months ahead of a presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
A Nigerian election official displays an empty ballot box to voters during the Osun State governorship election in Ede, southwest of Nigeria, on September 22, 2018. Voters in the southwestern state of Osun went to the polls to elect a new governor amid growing concerns about free and fair voting, six months ahead of a presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon has recorded a landslide victory in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s home local government, Ogbia.
Lyon polled 58,016 votes to defeat the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Douye Diri who polled 13, 763 votes.
Yenagoa LGA
APC- 24,607
PDP – 19, 184
No of Registered Voters – 199,895
No of Accredited Voters – 48,222
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