The Bayelsa State Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Nyanya, Abuja has
granted the prayers of Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), to inspect the election materials used to conduct the January
9Guber election in Brass local government area.
The election in Brass, the only local government won by the All
Progressives Congress, (APC) candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva was reportedly
characterized by irregularities while the PDP candidate in the election
and incumbent governor, Hon. Dickson won the remaining 7 local government
areas.
Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, Governor Dickson described the
development as a step in the right direction to unravel the issues
involved in the case before the tribunal.
He said the conduct of the Governorship election in Brass local government
area where Chief Sylva hails from was a charade as the exercise was marred
by violence, intimidation and snatching of electoral materials in most
communities of the area.
Governor Dickson who noted that the then state PDP Acting Chairman, Chief
Serena Dokubo-Spiff was among several other party members attacked during
the election in Brass as a ploy to scare away voters, claimed that PDP
actually won the election in the area.
Buttressing his claim, the Governor cited the outright rejection of the
APC and its Governorship candidate by some communities in Brass such as
Odioma and Egwe-ama during the electioneering campaigns.
While commending the tribunal for its decision to enable him inspect the
election materials, Governor Dickson expressed optimism that the outcome
of the tribunal would be favourable to the PDP.