BREAKING: Labour Party Candidate Who Scored 905 Votes In Bayelsa Governorship Election Rejects Results, Gives Reason

BREAKING: Labour Party Candidate Who Scored 905 Votes In Bayelsa Governorship Election Rejects Results, Gives Reason

The Labour Party (LP) candidate in the recently concluded gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has contested the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday. Eradiri stated that the Saturday poll was marred by irregularities and widespread vote-buying.

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INEC announced the incumbent governor of the state and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Douye Diri, as the winner with 175,196 votes, while Eradiri secured 905 votes, placing third.

Addressing the press on Tuesday in Yenagoa, the state capital, Eradiri asserted that the election lacked freedom, fairness, credibility, and peace. He expressed concern that state resources were employed to intimidate the already distressed electorate during the election.

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“I contested this election to prove a point that this incompetence in Bayelsa can be challenged. I contested this election to solve the problems of lack of potable water, dearth of infrastructures, ravaging poverty and rot in the educational sector.

“I contested this election to take our girls and boys out of the streets, to reverse the poor economic indices that have made our rich-Bayelsa the second poorest state in multidimensional poverty. I contested because I have the capacity, the experience, ideas and the courage to deliver good governance to our people.

“I wept when I saw the condition of our people, the naked squalor they live in amidst plenty as I campaign round the communities and held town hall meetings to solicit their votes. I was touched by the spontaneous show of love they gave me at their homes and villages.

“The process adopted at the polling units encouraged buying and selling of votes. It made it difficult for voters to even collect their money and still vote their conscience.

“I call on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe all electoral officers that participated in the election, most of them are the reasons for rampant voters inducement in our country’s election. The commission should investigate the massive monetary inducement that occurred in the Bayelsa election.

“I want to assure our people that I won’t give up, I will continue to challenge this system until Bayelsa is rescued from poverty, underdevelopment, darkness and other leadership ills.”

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