Thursday, June 4, 2026

The Sun Nigeria

 Ex- gov Dickson is Senator-Elect Bayelsa West

Henry Seriake Dickson

 

 

From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa

 

The immediate past governor of Bayelsa State and Peoples Democratic Party,  PDP’s candidate for Bayelsa West  Senatorial District bye-election  Hon. henry Seriake Dickson, has been declared the winner of the bye-election.

Dickson who won in a landslide victory polled 115,257 votes in Sagbama and Ekeremor Local Government Area

 

He defeated the former speaker, Peremonowei Ebebi of the All Progressive Congress, APC, who polled  17,541 votes.

 

Prof Ekechukwe Okeke, Dean of Faculty of Humanity, Federal University of Otuoke, who was the INEC Returning Officer for the District announced the result and declared Dickson winner.