14th April, 2023
By Shedrack Frank
Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipreye Silva and Chief David Pereworimini Lyon are among the six aspirants that will slug it out for the ticket of All Progressives Congress, APC for the Bayelsa governorship election scheduled to hold on Nov. 11.
Others are Mr Ogbomade Isikima, Prof. Maureen Etebu, Mr Festus Daumiebi and Joshua Maciver.
Lyon was the governorship candidate of APC the election in 2019. He won the election, but his victory was later annulled by the Supreme Court over inconsistency in names of in the certificates presented by his deputy.
This paved the way for the swearing in of Douye Diri of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who came second in the election as governor.
Retired Maj.- Gen. A.T Jubrin, Chairman of the APC`s Primary Election Committee while addressing newsmen after a stakeholders’ meeting on Friday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State ahead of today’s primary said all necessary measures have been in place to ensure a rancour free exercise.
He said election will hold in all the 105 wards in the state through option A4.
The chairman said that all members of the party whose names are on the party’s register, would queue behind their preferred aspirants.
Jibrin said the committee had series of engagement with the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the Police to seek advice on a peaceful exercise.
Others are, the Department of State Security Services (DSS) and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
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