An oil magnate and businessman, Chief David Lyon, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries conducted in Bayelsa State through the direct method.
The election was held on Wednesday.
He scored 42,138 votes to win his closet rival, Mrs Diseye Nsirim, who scored 1,533 votes.
Others are Heineken Lokpobiri, who scored 571 votes, while Preye Aganaba, scored 354 votes and Mr Amgbare scored 633 votes while Prof. Maureen Etebu scored 564 votes.
The Chief Collation Officer, Sen. Dangana Emmanuel, announced the result in Yenagoa.
He said the mode was direct primary as agreed by Bayelsa stakeholders, and confirmed by the national working committee.
The Returning Officer for the Bayelsa APC Primaries was Gov. Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC adopted the direct primaries mode to select the candidate to fly its flag in the November 16 governorship election.
(NAN)
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