The former Governor of Rivers State and immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has been declared the winner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primary in Bayelsa State.
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Amaechi defeated former Vice President Abubakar Atiku and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen by a wide margin, having won in all eight local government areas of the state in the direct primary conducted on Monday in the 105 wards in the state.
Announcing the results at the ADC collation centre in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Tuesday, the Chairman of the ADC Presidential Primary Committee in Bayelsa State, who also doubles as the Returning Officer, Commodore Promise Dappa (rtd) declared that Amaechi polled a total of 44,404 votes, while Atiku got 6,570 votes and Hayatu-Deen polled 939 votes.
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He said out of a total of 56,356 registered voters, 53,298 were accredited, with valid votes of 51,913 and 1,785 rejected votes.
“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 Amaechi as the winner of the ADC presidential primary election in Bayelsa State, having polled the highest number of votes in the state,” Dappa said.
