The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Duoye Diri as the winner of the Bayelsa election.
The Inec Chairman, Mamodu Yakubu while birefing news men at the INEC Headquarters confirmed receiving the true certified judgement of the court and affirmly stated that the certificate of return will be issued immediately to the winner.
According to him, the commission met on Friday morning to review the results of the election, without the votes of the APC which have been void by the court.
The total votes casts after excluding those of the APC now stand at 146,999. PDP polled 143,172 and scored 25 percent as required by the law.
