Buhari Got ‘Concocted Votes’ From Bayelsa, Says Governor Dickson

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has rejected the votes
garnered by President Muhammadu Buhari, as well as other candidates
of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nembe Bassambiri and
Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of the state.

In a statement by his special adviser on media relations, Mr
Fidelis Soriwei, the governor stated that elections did not take
place in Nembe Bassambiri and Constituency 4 of Southern Ijaw.

“Nigerians should discountenance the purported figures allotted
to President Buhari and the other APC candidates based on which
they are declared winners of House of Representatives and Senate
seats,” he said.

Governor Dickson described the situation in the two areas as
“blatant violation of the rights” of the people to elect their
leaders and representatives.

He alleged that election materials were taken to non-designated
locations while electoral officers were held hostage to allocate
fake figures at gunpoint.

The governor, therefore, called on the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the figures from the election
which he said never held.

He also asked the electoral body to distance itself from ‘fake
results’ and investigate the activities of its officials in Nembe
Bassambiri and Southern Ijaw for necessary sanction.

“Our state condemns the purported result from constituency 4 of
Southern Ijaw and the seven Nembe wards,” Governor Dickson
said.

“We want the world and INEC to know that what happened in Nembe
Bassambiri and Southern Ijaw Constituency 4 was a blatant assault
on the rights of our people.”

He added, “There was no election, no vote. We are calling INEC
to announce cancellation and discountenance itself from this
charade and investigate and punish all its officers who are
complicit in this.”

The governor said the state government and its people would do
everything to reject the violation of rights of the people to elect
their leaders and representatives.