ADC Presidential Primary: Amaechi Defeats Atiku, Hayatu-Deen, Sweeps Bayelsa Poll With 44,404 Votes

May 26, 2026

Announcing the results at the ADC Collation Centre in Yenagoa on Tuesday, the Chairman of the ADC Presidential Primaries Committee in Bayelsa State and Returning Officer, retired Commodore Promise Dappa, said Amaechi polled a total of 44,404 votes.

Former Rivers State Governor and immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has emerged winner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primary election in Bayelsa State.

Amaechi defeated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and businessman Mohammed Hayatu-Deen by a wide margin, securing the highest number of votes across the eight local government areas of the state during the direct primary conducted on Monday in the 105 wards in Bayelsa.

Announcing the results at the ADC Collation Centre in Yenagoa on Tuesday, the Chairman of the ADC Presidential Primaries Committee in Bayelsa State and Returning Officer, retired Commodore Promise Dappa, said Amaechi polled a total of 44,404 votes.