The supplementary election in Southern Ijaw Local Government and 102 polling units across six other local government areas of Bayelsa State – Brass, Ekeremor, Nembe, Sagbama, Yenagoa and Ogbia – scheduled for today has commenced. The Peoples Democratic Party’s Governor Seriake Dickson is leading former Bayelsa governor and APC aspirant, Timipre Sylva by 81,929 votes to 56,514 votes. They will, today, battle for the southern Ijaw’s 158, 827 votes.

You will recall that the election was cancelled in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area on December 7, 2015 as a result of violence, ballot box snatching and stuffing, harassment and abduction of electoral officials.