The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has adopted the direct primaries option to select its candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Addressing press conference on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Golden Tulip Hotel in Yenagoa, the Chairman of the APC electoral panel, Chief Solomon Ogba in company of other committee members, the committee has distributed non-sensitive materials for the conduct of the primaries to all the polling units in Bayelsa State.
Key Highlights:
- All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State adopted direct primaries to select its Senate and House of Representatives candidates.
- The announcement was made by Solomon Ogba during a press conference at Golden Tulip Hotel.
- Ogba said the party relied on Section 84(2) of the Electoral Act to justify the use of direct primaries.
- The APC electoral panel said non-sensitive materials had been distributed to polling units and officials of “proven integrity” selected to conduct the exercise.
- Warmam Ogoriba stated that Independent National Electoral Commission, security agencies, and other authorities were already in place for the primaries.
He disclosed that the party in the state has decided to rely on Section 84, sub- Section 2 of the Electoral Act, 2016, which stipulates the use of direct primaries for the excercise.
“We have painstakingly selected people that will conduct the election in all the wards and federal constituencies for this excercise.
“They are people of proven integrity and we believe they are going to discharge this responsibility fairly. We also intend to conduct this excercise very fairly and transparently.
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“And we call on all of everyone to help us achieve this. Everybody will be given the opportunity to excercise his or her right,” Chief Ogba said.
He commended the government, party members and the people of Bayelsa State for their peaceful disposition toward the excercise.
Answering questions from journalists, Chief Ogba declined to reveal the number of aspirants going for the excercise, but said majority of them were cleared to participate in the election.
Earlier, the state Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Warmam Ogoriba said, INEC, security agencies and all relevant authorities were already on ground for the excercise.
He said members of the committee were sent to Bayelsa State to conduct the national and state assembly primaries.
