Timpreye Sylva to head to election tribunal after losing Bayelsa state governorship election

APC candidate in the Bayelsa state governorship election, Timpreye Sylva says he will be heading to the state election tribunal to challenge the victory of PDP's candidate and incumbent governor, Seriake Dickson, in the state governorship election. Sylva announced his intention while speaking at a press conference in Yenogoa, the state capital yesterday January 11th.


He accused the state electoral officer of working for the interest of PDP in the state.

“I said in the beginning that I do not have confidence in Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Baritoh Kpagih, and the Administrative Secretary, that I did not expect a fair treatment if these people were to preside over the election. I said so over and over again. I even produced it in writing and submitted a petition. Usually before elections of this nature, the INEC officials are switched. But this time, they chose to keep this team that was already in place set up by the PDP as a rigging machine. This was the same team that returned almost 100 percent of all votes in Bayelsa to the former President Goodluck Jonathan. And we felt that these people could not have given us free and fair treatment,”he said