The Minister of State for Petroleum and former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva has won his Brass Local Government area for the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
The APC candidate, Chief David Lyon, polled a total of 23,831 votes to defeat the PDP candidate, Senator Douye Diri, who polled 10,410 votes.
The result:
Brass LGA
APC – 23,831
PDP – 10,410
No of Registered voters – 67,335
No of Accredited voters – 35,657
Total valid votes – 34,365
Rejected votes – 484
Total votes cast – 34849
