Breaking News: Jonathan happy as INEC Confirms Dickson re-elected Governor of Bayelsa state

Former President Goodluck Ebere Jonathan is happy as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Hon. Seriake Henry Dickson re-elected as Governor of Bayelsa State.
Collation of the supplementary governorship election held yesterday in the Southern Ijaw LGA and 101 other units across the state had earlier pointed in that direction.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Zana Akpaogu, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, declared Dickson re-elected for a second term with 134,998 votes as against 86,852 votes won by his immediate past predecessor, Chief Timipre Sylva of the federal-ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Dickson went into the supplementary election with a clear advantage after leading in the initial election held on December 5, 2015 but declared inconclusive by INEC.
He won with 23,081 votes as against 10,216 by Sylva making him the first person to win re-election as Bayelsa Governor.

Dickson of the PDP polled 134,998, while his major contender, Timipreye Sylva of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), polled 86,852.
Below is the statistics from the polls:
Registered voters 654493
Accredited Votes 242114
Total valid votes  225520
Rejected votes 6647
Total votes cast 232167
APC 86,852
PDP 134,998
PDM 1572