Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State and immediate past Minister of Transportation, has been declared the winner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Primaries election in Bayelsa State.
- +ADC presidential primaries: Amaechi wins in Bayelsa
Amaechi polled 44,404 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, who scored 6,570 votes and 939 votes respectively.
Amaechi polled 44,404 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, who scored 6,570 votes and 939 votes respectively.
ADC adopted direct primaries in the presidential primary election that was conducted on Monday across the eight local government areas in all the 105 wards in the state.
Announcing the results on Tuesday at the ADC Collation Centre in Yenagoa, Promise Dappa, Chairman of the ADC Presidential Primaries Committee in Bayelsa State, who also doubled as the Returning Officer, declared that Amaechi the winner.
Dappa, a retired commodore, said out of a total of 56,356 registered voters, 53,298 were accredited, with valid votes of 51,913 and rejected votes of 1,785.
Declaring the results, he said: “By the powers conferred on me as the Chairman of the presidential primary election in Bayelsa State and also the Returning Officer of the Presidential Primary election in the state, I hereby do declare Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as the winner of the ADC Presidential Primary election in Bayelsa State, having polled the highest number of votes in the state.”
