Yenagoa (Nigeria) (AFP) – The oil producing state of Bayelsa, home state of former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, is to remain in the hands of his party, after a partial rerun of a December poll marred by violence.<\/p>\n
State governor Seriake Dickson of Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was re-elected for a second four-year term in office, beating former governor Timipre Sylva of President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n
Dickson polled 134,998 votes against Sylva’s tally of 86,852, returning officer Zana Akpaogu said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
State governorship elections were held across the country in April but the vote in southern Bayelsa was put back until December 5 and then declared partially invalid due to violence in which unofficial reports said at least four people died.<\/p>\n
Despite its resources, the small state of 1.7 million people is one of the country’s poorest.<\/p>\n
Jonathan secured some 98 percent of the vote in Bayelsa during his unsuccessful re-election bid in March.<\/p>\n
Source:AFP:[Ex-president’s ally hangs on to power in southern Nigerian stronghold->http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/ex-presidents-ally-hangs-power-southern-nigerian-stronghold-234451230.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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