PDP said " We will defeat Sylva at election tribunal

The Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said Governor Seriake Dickson would still defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate,

Timipre Sylva, at the election petition tribunal if he decides to contest the results.

Sylva had on Monday rejected the outcome of the recent governorship polls, saying he was heading for the court to contest it.

Meanwhile, an elder statesman and chieftain of the PDP, Chief T.K.O Okorotie, says Dickson won the election as a result of his vision, purposefulness and pragmatic leadership and the trust people of the state have in him.

In a statement made available to journalists, the Director of Publicity of PDP campaign organisation, the Restoration Campaign Organisation (RICO), Jonathan Obuebite, said the election was already won and lost going by what he regarded as “overwhelming support and voting trend in favour of PDP” by the electorate across the state.

While stressing that Dickson won with valid votes cast, Obuebite said the popularity of the PDP and the track record of the governor were reasons Bayelsans re-elected him.

He noted that the result has shown beyond doubt that Bayelsa state is a stronghold of the PDP, adding that APC would always find it difficult to win in the state.