As the All Progressives Congress (APC) conducted it’s governorship primary election in Bayelsa State on Wednesday, August 4, the member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Preye Oseke has hailed the peaceful exercise.
There was concern that the party would be unable to conduct the primary election due a court injunction over the conduct of direct primary, but with the ruling of the court, a direct primary election held.
The exercise held simultaneously in all the 105 wards across the right local government areas of the state to elect the party candidate for the November 16 governorship election.
All card carrying members of the party turned out in their numbers to cast their votes all over the state as Oseke who is the returning officer for Southern Ijaw Local Government Area said party members were voting for any of the six aspirants whose names are on the ballot.
Results would be collated in Yenagoa, the winner announced and the name forwarded to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to beat Thursday’s deadline for submission of names of candidates.
His words: “The direct primary is going on peacefully in all the 17 wards in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. Virtually all registered and card carrying members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are coming out to vote candidates of their choice.
“The election has been peaceful and members of APC in the grassroots are very enthusiastic knowing that this is an opportunity for us to take over government in Bayelsa State and they have come out in their teeming numbers to cast their votes for the aspirants of their choice hence they have come out in their numbers to vote for their choice aspirants.
“The expectation is glorious because Bayelsa State has to connect to the centre because we want development.”
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