LP, SDP others Reject Bayelsa governorship result, to contest it at tribunal

By Amos Odhe.

All is not yet uhuru as six political parties that took part in the November 11 Governorship election in Bayelsa state have not rejected the result which INEC declared Governor Douye Diri of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP ,who polled 175,196 votes to defeat his closest rival, chief Timpere Sylva of the All progressives Congress, APC, who polled 110,108 votes, but has vowed to go to the election tribunal as the election was fraught with rigging, manipulation, vote buying and selling, killing, intimidation and outright connivance with the Independent National Electoral Commission to cancel results willfully.

Addressing a joint press conference in Yenagoa, started with the chairman of Social Democratic Party,SDP, Allen Domotimi Amadein posited that the party was not comfortable with the result announced, and alleged that INEC canceled results of All progressives Congress, APC, strongholds with 26,000 cancelled in Nembe and considered vexatious the declaration of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as winner, which a broad day robbery on democracy.

The Social Democratic Party has therefore rejected the result and called for it’s cancellation, as we not in support and ready to go to the tribunal to contest the result.
Also speaking, Dr Joel Tubonemi, chairman of Nigeria,s People’s Party, said a new pattern has been introduced by INEC against it’s regulations , that is the allocation or apportioning of votes at will to political parties they considered minor, saying that as a political party, NPP is not a minor party as it has the same value and size with the so called big political parties.
He said NPP is not comfortable with the ugly pattern and was poised to join forces with other political parties to go to the tribunal to seek redress, as the party has totally rejected the result unless it’s votes that were wrongly apportioned were restored.
In Southern Ijaw local government area, his party,s votes in ward 10 unit 21where his members voted massively were not recorded.
He vowed that until the right thing was done by INEC, they will not accept that result and after due consultation with the National office, there next line of action will be made know to the public.
Meanwhile,Mr Charles Oyibo of the Labour party, averred that the party cannot gloss over the avalanche of irregularities and flagrant abuse of law and order as BIVAs were by passed after INEC has spent money to train ad hock staff and described what happened as electoral fraud and queried results that were cancelled at INEC office in Yenagoa.
He also disclosed that, there were massive vote buying and selling as Tax payers money were deployed for vote buying and inducement with foodstuffs and wrappers.
This tax payers money would have been deployed to fund moribund industries in the state.And called for outright cancellation of the results.
He said after due consultation the National office, they will make the position of the party known.
According to the chairman of the National Rescue Movement, williams Parker, the party was poised to rescue the state from hunger and underdevelopment, but the people were denied the opportunity to demonstrate that through the polls, and as an aggrieved persons they aligned the cancellation of results , especially the three local government area, Brass, Southern Ijaw and Nembe.
He said INEC officials, such as the National Commissioner, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu knows the guidelines and connived with other officials to flagrantly disobey the laid down guidelines which will be challenged at the tribunal.
While Okala Azibaola of the People’s Redemption party , PRP, also led credence to the cancellation and re – run of the entire results as they felt disappointed with what INEC as he had on authority that ruling party , PDP, had an alliance with INEC officials.