President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the November 16 election in Bayelsa, David Lyon, on his victory.
The President, in a statement on Monday by his special adviser, Femi Adesina, commended APC supporters and Nigerians in the state who exercised their civic rights in a peaceful manner, notwithstanding the pockets of unrest recorded in some locations.
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While condemning the loss of lives in Bayelsa, particularly prior to the election, the President commiserated with the families of the victims.
He noted that officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies did their best within the ambit of the law to ensure free, fair and credible elections.
The President looked forward to working with the incoming government to improve the lives of the people in Bayelsa while ensuring the security of lives and property of all citizens.
On his part, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, also congratulated Lyon, saying the victory further confirmed that the APC’s overwhelming success at the last general election was not a fluke.
“With this development and the actualisation of the Next Level Agenda of the APC-led administration, it is certain that our party will clinch more states in the South-South geo-political zone in future elections,” Omo-Agege said in a statement by his special adviser on media and publicity, Yomi Odunuga.
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INEC had on Monday morning declared Lyon winner of the governorship election in Bayelsa after polling 352,552 votes.
Lyon defeated his closest rival, Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 143,172 votes.
