Former minister of state for petroleum resources, Timipre Sylva, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bayelsa.
Sylva who resigned his ministerial position in March to contest the primary, scored 52,061 votes to defeat five other contestants.
Chairman of the election committee, Ahmed Jibrin, announced the result of the primary at the APC state secretariat in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital.
Jibrin announced that Joshua Machiver scored 2,078 votes, Festus Danumiebi polled 557, Maureen Etebu got 1,277, David Lyon scored 1,584, and Isikima Johnson polled 584 votes.
The committee chairman commended stakeholders in the state for the peaceful conduct of the primary election.
In his acceptance speech, the former minister, represented by a federal lawmaker, Sunny Goli, called for support from other contestants to secure victory for the APC.
Yahaya Bello’s anointed candidate, Ododo, wins Kogi APC guber primary
Meanwhile, Ahmed Ododo has been elected as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state.
Ododo who is the preferred candidate of Governor Yahaya Bello scored 78,704 votes to beat six other contestants.
Secretary of the Kogi APC primary election committee, Patrick Obahiagbon, announced the result of the primary
Salami Momodu got 1506 votes, Abubakar Yahaya-Ashemogu secured 1159 and Shaaibu Abubakar-Audu polled 763 votes.
Stephen Ocheni garnered 552 votes, Sanusi Ohiare had 424, and Smart Adeyemi got 311 votes.
According to Obahiagbon, out of the 93,729 voters, 83,419 were accredited and took part in the exercise.
“Ododo, having scored the majority of the lawful votes cast at the direct primary election conducted on April 14, 2023, in Kogi, is hereby declared the winner of the APC primary election 2023,” he said.
“Ahmed Usman-Ododo is hereby returned as the duly elected governorship candidate of APC for the November 2023 governorship election.”
Ododo was the former local government auditor-general in Kogi state. He is believed to be the preferred candidate of Yahaya Bello, governor of the state.
