The APC candidate in the just concluded Bayelsa election, Mr. Timipre Sylva, will be heading to court to challenge the victory of incumbent Seriake Dickson.
Speaking to journalists in Bayelsa on Monday, Sylva said it was clear from the outset that INEC was never going to conduct a fair contest.
“I said in the beginning that I do not have confidence in the REC and the Administrative Secretary, that I do not expect a fair treatment if these people were to preside over the election.
“I said so over and over and over again. I even reduced it to writing, and we sent the petition. Usually before elections of this nature, INEC officials are switched.
“But this time, they chose to keep this team that was already in place and set up by the PDP as rigging machine.
“This was the same team that returned almost 100 percent of all votes in Bayelsa to the former president.
“And we felt that these people could not have given us a free and fair treatment. But unfortunately, our cries fell on deaf ears. Yesterday, they proved themselves true to type”.
Sylva said votes were cancelled in districts where APC won and entered in districts where PDP won.
The former governor alleged that the rigging commenced from the distribution of materials, noting that election materials were diverted as they were taken to voting centers by vehicles provided by the PDP.
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