The shape and character of the 2015 general
election got clearer on Monday with the
emergence of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
governorship candidates in most of the states
across the country. In a few other states, the
results were not ready as at the time of going to
the press last night.
Some notable political and sometimes
controversial figures emerged yesterday in some
states. While some of themfulfilled political
predictions, some others sprang a surprise by
upturning book predictions.
In Delta State for instance, political pundits were
taken aback with the emergence of Dr. Ifeanyi
Okowa, a serving Senator, against the system
support for Chief David Edevbie and Mr. Tony
Obuh.
In Rivers, not many were surprised that
controversial former Minister of State for
Education, Chief Nyesom Wike emerged as the
PDP gubernatorial candidate.
In most other states, aspirants supported by
state governors emerged as the party's
candidates.
Dankwambo Clinches Gombe Ticket
Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe
State yesterday got overwhelming votes from
PDP delegates to fly the flag of the party in the
2015 governorship election in the state.
The governor who got 492 affirmative votes
since he was the sole candidate, promised to
continue with the delivery of the dividends of
democracy and the good ideology of the PDP.
Announcing the result of the primary election,
chairman of the electoral committee and former
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.
Ghali Umar Na’Abba, stated that out of the 504
registered delegates, four of them were absent
while eight votes were voided.
He therefore returned Governor Ibrahim Hassan
Dankwambo as the party’s standard-bearer for
the 2015 governorship election in Gombe State.
Ribadu Wins in Adamawa
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu
Ribadu has won the PDP governorship ticket for
Adamawa State.
Ribadu, who contested against the governor,
Bala James Ngilari; son of the former PDP
National Chairman, Awwal Tukur, former
governorship candidate of the defunct Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011, Dr. Marcus
Gundiri, former Executive Secretary of Universal
Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Ahmed
Modibbo and General Aliyu Kama, scored a total
of 688 votes to clinch the party's ticket.
Gundiri got 33, while Ngilari had 26 and Tukur
scored 25. The least figure of three votes went to
Kama. Two votes were declared invalid.
In his acceptance speech, the former EFCC
chairman extended hands of fellowship to all
aspirants and promised to bring his anti-
corruption stance to bear in all facet of
governance if elected Adamawa governor in
2015.
Emmanuel Emerges in Akwa Ibom
True to expectation, the immediate past
Secretary to Akwa Ibom State government, Mr.
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, has emerged the
winner of the PDP governorship primaries in the
state.
The exercise, which took place inside the main
bowl of the nest of champions stadium in Uyo,
saw Mr. Emmanuel sweeping more than 98% of
the total votes cast by the delegates.
There were 25 aspirants, including a woman and
senator representing Eket Senatorial district of
the state, Mrs Helen Esuene, who took part in
the exercise.
Addressing the congress, the Returning Officer,
Prince Bola Oyebowale announced that a total of
1,360 delegates were accredited for the
primaries.
Despite the objection raised by some aspirants,
the exercise went on, as the electoral panel
returning officer Mr. Oyebowale and the state
chairman of the party Paul Ekpo, advised the
aggrieved aspirants to register their protests with
the electoral appeal panel as stipulated in the
constitution of the party.
In Abia, Ikpeazu is It
The anxiety over the possible outcome of the
governorship primary election of the PDP in Abia
State ended with Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu
defeating seven other aspirants to emerge the
standard-bearer of the party.
He polled 487 votes or 76 per Former Labour
and Productivity Minister, Chief Emeka Wogu, got
33 votes to place third while former Deputy
Governor, Chief Acho Nwakanma and Mr. Friday
Nwosu got five votes each. The former boss of
defunct Hall Mark Bank, Marc Wabara, and
Ambassador Okey Emuchay also ended the race
on equal footing with each of them scoring three
votes while Chief Iheanacho Orji got only one
vote.
In declaring Ikpeazu the winner of the race, the
chairman of the primary election committee, Hon
(Dr) Angela Mba, who also doubles as the
returning officer, said Ikpeazu had satisfied all
the stated conditions.
The victory of Ikpeazu, a scientist by training
and former Deputy General Manager of Abia
State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA),
was a triumph for Governor Theodore Orji and
the state leadership of the PDP in their resolve to
ensure that power must shift to Abia South come
2015.
Folarin Wins PDP Ticket in Oyo
Former Senate Leader Teslim Folarin in Ibadan
emerged the PDP candidate in Oyo State in the
primary election.
But the outcome of the exercise is being
contested by another aspirant, Seyi Makinde,
who stayed away. .
A total of 211 delegates voted in the primary
with Folarin having 167 votes. A former governor
of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala, who also
stayed away from the exercise, had two votes
while Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi, a former deputy
governor to Alao-Akala, had 12 votes.
However, Alao-Akala, who addressed his
supporters in Ogbomoso while the primary was
going on in Ibadan said he was still in the race
for the governorship election and that he would
announce his next political move soon.
Ladoja Emerges Oyo AP governorship candidate
Still in Oyo State, former Governor Rashidi
Ladoja, was confirmed the governorship
candidate of Accord Party in the forthcoming
gubernatorial election.
In what was a mere affirmation of his
candidature rather than contest, Ladoja polled
1,692 votes to emerge winner in a race where he
had no opponent.
During his acceptance speech, Ladoja said his
emergence marked the beginning of a big
struggle that would end with the 2015 elections.
He said: “This is not the victory itself but the
beginning of the struggle taking us into 2015
election. The beauty of AP is that it is violence-
free. We do not believe in sharing money or
spending money excessively on elections as it is
done in other parties.”
While canvassing for the support of the people of
the state, Ladoja said having been a former
governor, his vision was clear on what the needs
of the people were.
“We have done it before and we will do it again.
The people of this state are waiting for us
because AP is the party to beat in the state. It is
not for nothing that we are the darling of traders,
students, teachers and everybody, this is
because of the good work we have always done,”
he added.
Confusion Trails National Assembly Primary
Result in Benue State
A mild disagreement has ensued over the result
of the just concluded National Assembly
primaries in some federal constituencies of Benue
State .
In the Obi/Oju National Assembly election, the
incumbent, Mr. Samson Ukwu, who was
announced victorious in the election, was
however announced to have lost the election to
Nick Eworo. But yet in another counter
announcement on a radio station in the state,
Okwu was declared winner of the poll by the
returning officers in the election.
Also, the federal lawmaker representing Ado/
Ogbadibo/Okpokwu federal constituency at the
National Assembly, Mr. Hassan Saleh, and his
counterparts from Gwer/Gwer West, Mrs. Christie
Alaaga, and Benjamin Aboho of Kwande/
Ushongo constituency lost out at Saturday's
PDP primaries in Benue State.
The three who were the major casualties of the
primaries in the state, lost out to Chris Abah,
John Tion and Bob Tyough.
Among the casualties were the immediate past
Media Adviser to the Governor, Dr. Cletus
Akwaya, who lost the race for the Vandeikya/
Konshisha seat to former Commissioner for
Works, Mrs. Mnena Shija.
While at the Gboko/Tarka constituency, Mr.
Bernard Nenge was unanimously elected by
delegates.
In the meantime, only three incumbent members
from the state secured the ticket of the PDP.
They include Adamu Atonu of Apa/Agatu, Ezekiel
Adaji of Otukpo/Ohimini and Emmanuel Udende
of Logo/Ukum/Katsina-Ala federal
constituencies.
Reacting to the outcome of the primaries, Abah
attributed his victory to the handiwork of God
and the will of the people.
"It is only God who used my people to make this
a reality; it is a victory for the people," he said.
Aggrieved Aspirants in Adamawa Petition PDP,
INEC
Seven National Assembly aspirants from
Adamawa State have petitioned the PDP and the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) over the change of venue of the party's
primary election from Yola, Adamawa State to
Abuja.
This is coming as the party's National Working
Committee (NWC) has cancelled the outcome of
the governorship primary election in the state,
explaining that it did not authorise the conduct
of the election.
In a petition signed by Senator Grace Bent, Hon.
Aisharu Dahiru Ahmed, Elisha Ishiaku and
Patricia Bonos for the senatorial aspirants and
Commander Usuman Sali Bodes, Alhaji Tijjani
Kwaghe and Dr. Mustapha Saidu, they kicked
against the conduct of the Adamawa State
National Assembly in Abuja instead of Yola,
stating that it is against the party's constitution
to move the primary election venue of the to
another place.
In the petition made available to THISDAY, they
said: "We humbly write to lay complaints on the
illegal and improper conduct of Senate and
House of Representatives primaries for Adamawa
Senatorial Districts and House of Representatives
constituencies held to elect the flag bearers of
our great party for the forthcoming 2015 general
elections.
The aspirants said it is perhaps apt to state that
the irregularities and flagrant breaches are too
obvious and overwhelming to be brushed aside
and/or trivialised.
According to them, "Whereas, the desperation of
those elements and their anointed candidates is
obvious from these infractions, we nevertheless
trust in the chairman's ability to intervene and
ensure congresses are done in a free, fair manner
and in accordance with the guidelines.
Agbaje Wins in Lagos
The pronouncement of the final result of the
Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
governorship primaries, led to violent protest
among party supporters.
Though had been heated contention over
discrepancy in the number of accredited delegate
(803) and total number of votes cast (856), at
the end of the election Jimi Agbaje, was declared
winner of the keenly contested election.
The chairman, Lagos PDP governorship electoral
committee, Senator Saidu, Umar Kumo said: "I
hereby declare Mr Jimi Agbaje as the candidate
of the PDP for the 2015 governorship elections."
Agbaje polled 434 votes to go ahead of the
immediate past Minister of State for Defence,
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro who polled 346 while
Mr. Tokunbo Kamson polled 46.
Other aspirants as Engineer Deji Doherty, Mr
Babatunde Gbadamosi polled 21 votes
respectively.
Okowa Wins in Delta
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan
has congratulated Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on his
victory at the PDP governorship primaries.
Uduaghan in a press statement issued by his
Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sunny Ogefere,
described the victory of Okowa who polled 406
votes to beat his closest rival, Chief David
Edebvie, who scored 299 votes, as well
deserving.
Uduaghan, who is the leader of the PDP in the
state , charged Okowa to demonstrate the spirit
of sportsmanship by quickly extending a hand of
fellowship to other contestants.
He also called on the other aspirants to note
that the exercise was a family contest where
there was no winner no loser, urging them to join
hands with Okowa in positioning the party for
victory at the general election.
Wike Wins Rivers Ticket Despite Wide Protest
A former Minister of State for Education, Chief
Nyesom Wike, has been elected the PDP
governorship candidate for Rivers State.
At the primary held at Community Secondary
School, Nkpolu-Oroworukwu, Wike polled 1,083
out of the total 1,108 votes cast in the election
in which 24 aspirants were cleared to contest.
But his victory has been pooh-poohed by a
league of disenchanted aspirants who have
described the exercise as a sham.
Dumbari Dimkpa got 21 votes, Ibinabo Michael-
West 3 votes, while Senator Lee Maeba and Mr.
Emmanuel Georgewill got one vote each.
Of the 24 aspirants cleared for the primary
election, only seven were at the election venue
while 17 stayed away. Those sighted at the
venue included Wike, Michael-West, maeba,
Georgewill, Atamuno Ajiba Atamuno, Dimkpa and
Sunday Nwankwo.
Most of the aspirants under the umbrella of
Rivers Mainstream Coalition did not attend the
primary election.
These include Prince Tonye Princewill, Dumo
Lulu-Briggs, Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, Lancelot
Inyanya, Nimi Walson-Jack, Gabriel Pidomson
and Sylva Opusunju, among others.
In his acceptance speech, Wike thanked
members of the party for the mantle entrusted
on him and called on those who contested
against him to join hands to ensure that the PDP
won all elections in the state.
He said: “I am deeply humbled and elevated by
the electoral success achieved today at this
state congress of our great party, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP). It is unique and special
that you have found us worthy to be entrusted
with the enormous responsibility of flying the flag
of the party by electing me governorship
candidate in the 2015 elections in Rivers State."
Wike declared that the PDP was ready to reclaim
the Brick House, which he said was taken away
by the governor of the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
In a statement issued by the spokesman of the
coalition, Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo, it said: “Rivers
Mainstream Coalition condemns the show of
shame called the Rivers PDP governorship p
rimaries.
“We reject it in its entirety and we shall make our
position known soonest. All coalition partners
should rest assured that we shall not concede
our state to rogue politicians. We advise that
you wait for the next action.”
Umahi Emerges in Ebonyi
Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Mr. Dave
Umahi, has emerged the PDP governorship
candidate in the state. It is about the first time a
deputy will be emerging to succeed his principal
in the present rounds of contests.
Umahi won the governorship ticket of the ruling
party with 541 out of 596 votes cast.
The event, which held at the Abakaliki Township
Stadium, was supervised by the head of the
electoral panel, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
State, under tight security.
The seven other aspirants are Senator Igwe
Nwagu, Chief Aja Nwachukwu, Mr. Paul Okorie,
Senator Ofia Nwali, Chief Hyacinth Ikpor, Chief
Udeh Umanta and the winner, Umahi,.
The state governor, Chief Martin Elechi, and
former Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuch
Chukwu, boycotted the election.
However, the announcement of the result threw
the state into jubilation with Umahi,
accompanied by a convoy of stakeholders in the
state including former Governor Sam Egwu
driving round the Abakaliki city centre.
Ugwuanyi Clinches Enugu PDP Ticket
The three-term member of the House of
Representatives, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who had
earlier been endorsed by the party as its
consensus candidate, won the gubernatorial
primary of the PDP in Enugu State.
He scored 933 votes to defeat his closest rival,
the Speaker of the state House of Assembly,
Eugene Odoh, who got 26.
The primaries, which took place at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe Stadium saw only two of the seven
aspirants, Ugwuanyi and Enugu Assembly
Speaker, Eugene Odoh, participating. Two
others: Chinedu Onu and Anayo Onwuegbu,
stepped down for Ugwuanyi, but the exercise
nonetheless attracted all the stakeholders in the
state politics including former Senate President
Ken Nnamani, former National Chairman of the
PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, and members of
the national and state assemblies, among
others.
The two gladiators in the state politics, Governor
Sullivan Chime and the Deputy Senate President
Ike Ekweremadu also took part in the exercise.
Meanwhile, one of the aspirants and the
chairman of the Senate Committee on Works,
Senator Ayogu Eze, was said to have declared
himself as the winner of the primary election.
The senator was said to have gathered some
party members in one of the hotels within the
metropolis where he reportedly announced
himself the winner even when the process was
still ongoing at the stadium.
In Niger, it is Nasko
Hon. Umar Mohammed Nasko was declared the
winner of the governorship primaries in Niger
State, having polled 908 votes while Hanafi
Sudan got 57 votes and the Deputy Governor,
Hon. Ahmed Musa Ibeto, got 34 votes.
But other governorship aspirants in the party
have rejected the result of the governorship
primary election, describing it as a kangaroo
process.
In a joint press conference at the IBB pen house
in Minna yestetday, five out of the seven
aspirants that contested for the primary election
rejected the result.
According to the spokesman of the group, Mr.
Mustapha Bello, the process that gave former
Chief of Staff to the Governor, Nasko, victory
contradicted guidelines.
"The primary election was not conducted in line
with party guidelines. It can best be described as
a charade and a kangaroo process because there
were a lot of violations to the laid down rules by
the constitution of the party,” the aspirants said.
Pwajok Floors Opponents in Plateau
The senator representing Plateau North zone,
Gyang Pwajok, got an overwhelming victory over
other opponents in the PDP gubernatorial
primaries in Plateau State polling 435 votes,
against his closest opponent, the Deputy
Governor of the state, Ignatius Longjan, with 163
votes, while Senator Victor Lar polled 109 votes.
He was subsequently declared winner by the
Chairman PDP panel to the state, Alhaji
Abdullahi Ohioma.
In his acceptance remarks, Pwajok said it could
only have been God that made it possible.
While thanking the delegates for the massive
support, he admonished them against religious
and ethnic divide, asking all to put heads
together for the Plateau project.
Initially, there was a serious fracas just before
the commencement of voting in Plateau
State governorship primaries yesterday.
The agents of some aspirants protested that
labels bearing each local governments name be
removed from the ballot boxes. They explained
that some local delegates were under threat
from the state government that if they don't vote
for government's aspirant they would be dealt
with alongside their council chairmen.
Eventually, the chairman of the electoral panel,
Alhaji Abdulahi Ohioma ruled that all the labels
from the ballot boxes be removed.
The labels were immediately removed and the
election started with Wase local government
delegates.
3,000 Security Agents Guard Exercise in Kwara
With over 3,000 security agents guarding the
exercise in Kwara State, there was an
unmistakable air of war around the venue of the
party’s primaries in the state.
No fewer than 13 governorship aspirants
participated in the primaries.
The security agencies, according to THISDAY
checks, which consisted of men of the Nigeria
Police Force, Nigerian Army, Air Force, State
Security Service among others, were at both the
venue of the accreditation and voting centres in
Ilorin so as to maintain law and order.
It was gathered that after the delegates were
accredited, a bus was used to convey them to
the venue of the voting centre located at an
event centre, Ilorin.
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin yesterday, the
state police commissioner, Alhaji Salihu Garba,
lauded the peaceful accreditation of the
delegates.
He said he hoped it would continue till the end of
the exercise.
Garba said: "People should be orderly and see
themselves as leaders.
Somebody who wants to govern the state would
not encourage thuggery, they should not
encourage rancour. The state is bigger than
individuals".
Also speaking on the primary election, the state
chairman of the PDP, Hon. Iyiola Oyedepo
debunked the alleged manipulations of delegates'
lists for the primary.
The outcome of the exercise was not yet known
at the time of filing this report.
Wamakko, Gobir, Danbaba Pick APC Senatorial
Tickets
Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, emerged
the consensus candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) for Sokoto Central Senatorial
District.
Wamakko scored 2,372 votes to emerge the
candidate of the APC for the Sokoto Central
zone.
Declaring the result at the Trade Fair Complex,
Sokoto, the Chairman of the Electoral Panel,
Alhaji Nasiru Bako, said Wamakko emerged the
APC senatorial candidate after scoring 2,372
votes, while 60 delegates were absent during the
election.
He described the election as peaceful and
commended the delegates for the way they
conducted themselves in an orderly manner
during the exercise.
"I promise to use my wealth of experience
garnered over the years to give a fair
representation to my senatorial zone," Wamakko
said.
In the same vein, incumbent Senators Ibrahim
Abdullahi Gobir and Ibrahim Danbaba emerged
the consensus candidates for Sokoto East and
Sokoto South Senatorial districts.
Meanwhile, the PDP was yet to commence voting
for its governorship primary election at the
Giginya Memorial Stadium as at 6pm.
THISDAY gathered that the PDP was yet to
conclude accreditation for 989 delegates from
the 23 local government areas at the time of
filing the report.
Sokoto State Deputy Governor and a PDP
governorship aspirant, Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari,
Monday objected to the conduct the
governorship primary election alleging
irregularities.
This is just as former Minister of Transport and
a governorship aspirant, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman,
also boycotted the election, describing the
process as a sham.
THISDAY gathered that Shagari had accosted the
Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Senator Umar
Dukku, expressing indignation over the plan by
the Panel to direct the commencement of voting
by 10pm.
Yero Picks Kaduna PDP Ticket
Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Ramallan Yero
emerged as the PDP standard-bearer in the
2015 gubernatorial election in the state.
The governor polled 970 of the 1,072 votes cast
to beat his only contender, Azeez Zego, who
polled one vote while there was one invalid vote.
At exactly 4:45pm, the Electoral Committee
Chairman and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,
Steve Oru, announced the close of the election
and sorting of the votes commenced with the
names of the governor dominating.
Before the accreditation of delegates, the
Electoral Committee chairman announced that
three aspirants in the race, Alhaji Lawal
Abdullahi Yakawada, a former Secretary to the
State Government, former Minister of Aviation,
Felix Hassan Hyat, and a retired Air Force Officer,
Air Commodore John Ajei, withdrew from the
race.
The race was then open to the governor and a
one-time senator, Zego, who was the consensus
candidate of the Southern Kaduna elders.
With this, the electoral chairman declared the
governor the winner of the contest.
An elated Yero thanked God for giving him the
opportunity to witness the election.
Saraki, Aide, Others Win Senatorial Tickets in
Kwara
Former Special Adviser to former Governor
Bukola Saraki of Kwara state, Alhaji Yinka Aluko,
has emerged as the Kwara central senatorial
candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for
next year's National Assembly elections in the
state.
Aluko polled 83 votes to defeat his closest rival,
Abdulrahaman Abdulrasaq, while Princess
Bilikisu Gambari came third with five votes.
Also yesterday, the Chairman, Senate Committee
on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola
Saraki, emerged unopposed with 1,540 votes at
the All Progressives Congress (APC), primaries
held in Ilorin, the state capital.
Aluko and Saraki will now slug it out at the
February next year National Assembly elections
for Kwara central senatorial district of the state.
Saraki described Aluko as a nobody, even as he
mocked the PDP for his emergence.
He told his supporters in Yoruba that: "if Aluko
who was a product of the Saraki's political
dynasty could beat other candidates to emerge,
that shows that those in the PDP lack political
relevance".
The leader of the APC in the state advised his
supporters to go back to their various wards and
mobilise support to ensure a victory for the party
in the 2015 general election.
Chairman of the APC senatorial primaries in the
state, Mr. Harry Mosunmola Osha, had declared
Saraki the party's candidate having scored 1,540
votes out of the total 1,545 votes cast.
He said five votes were invalid.
Meanwhile, delegates of the PDP for Kwara North
senatorial district primary election has elected
Hon. Yinusa Yahaya as its candidate by
defeating Alhaji Manzuma Mammah with 108
votes to 101.
For the Kwara South senatorial district, Mr.
Lola Ashiru was declared winner with 132 votes.
He defeated other aspirants like Alhaji Bashir Oni
(16 votes), Prince Sola Adedoyin (11 votes) and
Yekeen Alabi (64 votes).
Ogun PDP Shuns NWC Order, Conducts Guber
Primary
• APC postpone senatorial primary
Despite directives from the National Working
Committee (NWC) of the PDP not to conduct
governorship primaries in Ogun State, the state
chapter of the party went ahead to conduct the
election to elect former governorship candidate
of the Peoples Party of Nigeria in the 2011
election, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, as its
standard-bearer for next year's poll.
The NWC of the party had directed that no
governorship primary election should hold in the
state. The party in a statement issued by its
National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in
Abuja yesterday said that the primary was not
authorised.
While disobeying the order, the state chapter of
the party commenced voting around 3pm amidst
tight security. The election witnessed attendance
of Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) officials.
However, the eight aspirants who boycotted the
Ogun PDP governorship primaries which held
inside the state secretariat of the party in
Abeokuta included Chief Tony Ojesina, Prince
Yanju Lipede, Dr. Remilekun Bakare, Alhaji
Sarafa Tunji Ishola, Dr. Yomi Majekodunmi, Prof.
David Bamgbose, Hon. Isiaq Akinlade, Alhaji Rafiu
Ogunleye and former speaker of the House of
Representatives, Dimeji Bankole.
But the state chairman of the party, Mr. Bayo
Dayo, said he was not aware of the cancellation
of the governorship primaries in the state.
Meanwhile, the APC has postponed it's
senatorial primaries in Ogun Central Senatorial
district, while it was held peacefully in Ogun
West and Ogun East Senatorial districts. The
party earlier yesterday issued a statement
stating when repeat primary elections for the
House of Representatives in the three federal
constituencies where the process was
inconclusive.
Ayade Emerges C’River PDP Candidate
The Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Environment and Ecology, Professor Benedict
Ayade, has emerged as the governorship
candidate of the PDP in Cross River State.
Ayade's emergence as candidate followed his
victory at the primary election after polling 752
votes to defeat five other contestants; among
them Reverend Father Francis Eworo, who polled
five votes; Joe Agi (SAN), 11 votes; while Mr.
Peter Oti; and Mr. Emmanuel Ibeshi got no vote.
Godwin Jedy Agba, who had pulled out of the
race got five votes. There were nine invalid
votes.
Ihedioha Wins PDP Imo Governorship Ticket
Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon.
Emeka Ihedioha has coasted home to victory in
the governorship primary of the PDP in Imo
State.
Ihedioha polled a total of 346 votes to emerge
winner in the election. He was closely followed
by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume with 336 and Ikedi
Ohakim with 213 votes respectively.
Source: Thisdaylive
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