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The Independent National Electoral Commission has explained why it has paved the way for the swearing-in of the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party , Douye Diri, as governor of Bayelsa State after Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment that sacked the All Progressives Congress candidate, David Lyon, who won the November governorship election.
“Without the votes scored by the All Progressives Congress , whose candidates were deemed not to have participated in the election, the total number of lawful votes cast in the election now stand at 146,999. “Similarly, the Party has scored more than 25 % of the lawful votes cast in all the eight Local Government Areas of the State,” he added.
He said the total number of registered voters in places where election was not held or cancelled as a result of sundry violations is 90,822.
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