Bayelsa West: Dickson votes in Toro-Orua, seeks INEC professionalism 

The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has cast his vote during the ongoing Senatorial bye-election in his country home of Toru-Orua, advising INEC and security agents to be professional.

The former Governor who voted in company of his wife, Rachael, said that preliminary reports indicated an impressive turnout of voters.

Chief Dickson commended the electoral officers and security agencies for the impressive level of conduct and urged them to sustain their vigilance until a winner is returned at the end of the election.

He stressed that it was his expectation that the displayed level of professionalism is sustained to prevent people with dubious intent to distort the process.

He said, “As I cast my vote at my polling unit at Toru-Orua, I was glad to see that voter turnout was impressive and from available preliminary reports from other units and wards, there is indication of a massive and impressive turnout.

“I want to thank the officials of the electoral body for their professionalism and we hope and expect that this level of conduct is sustained to the very end culminating in a return.

“Every election is in stages. Voters will come out en masse, get accredited, and voted and after that, other processes also continue up to the declaration.

“I thank the security agencies for their vigilance so far. Once again, I expect that this level of professionalism is sustained throughout the process because very often during collation, people try to do funny things and so on,” he said.