Our reporter/ Timipre Sylva, former minister of state for petroleum resources, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bayelsa.
Ahmed Jibrin, chairman of the election committee, announced the result of the primary at the APC state secretariat in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital on Saturday.
According to him, Sylva scored 52,061 votes to defeat five other contestants.
Meanwhile, Ahmed Ododo has also emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state.
According to Patrick Obahiagbon, secretary of the Kogi APC primary election committee, Ododo scored 78, 704 votes to beat six other contestants.
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.”
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