Nigeria: LP to Challenge Bayelsa Polls Result

The Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa State is heading to the elections tribunal to press its case that the recent elections in the state were rigged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

And as part of effort to prove this, the party said it has hired forensic experts to challenge the outcome of the National and State House of Assembly election in nine constituencies before the tribunal.

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