Timipre Sylva Not Happy Over Cancellation Of Southern Ijaw Result

Timipre Sylva is not happy with the cancellation of election in Southern Ijaw local government area, Bayelsa state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, December 7.

Addressing a news conference in Yenagoa, the former governor and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election said the INEC decided to cancel the poll because he won by a large margin that made him the winner, The Punch reports.

He accused INEC of being bias, claiming to have won the election in the Southern Ijaw area.
Sylva claimed that the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) cancelled the election when he saw that APC was leading the poll in the area, adding that the REC had no power to cancel election that had taken place, stressing that it was only the Returning Officer that had the power to announce a cancellation.

According to him, if the election in the Southern Ijaw must be cancelled, the electoral commission must also cancel the poll in Ekeremor, Nembe, Sagbama and other places.

Sylva said: “We had an election two days ago. In Ekeremor, there were widespread shootings; they beat up people; the minister’s house was under siege for a long time. It took a team of security operatives to repel the assailants, yet election was held in Ekeremor.

“When APC protested, the protest was waived aside; our protest died like a candle in the wind.
“In Sagbama, we did not see election materials. As I speak, one of the chieftains of our party is lying critically ill. The APC protested vehemently, nobody heard our protest.

“In Nembe, where the APC won, they quickly cancelled two wards, 8 and 9. We protested and our protest was rejected.

“The election ab initio was set up for the PDP to win. In Southern Ijaw, we have a good showing there, and the election is cancelled.”

Sylva said the cancellation was very unacceptable to his party, the APC and they were going to collate all results in Southern Ijaw LGA and head for court.

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