adsRotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State and immediate past Minister of Transportation, has been declared the winner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Primaries election in Bayelsa State.
Amaechi polled 44,404 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, who scored 6,570 votes and 939 votes respectively.
ADC adopted direct primaries in the presidential primary election that was conducted on Monday across the eight local government areas in all the 105 wards in the state. Related News FG warns Nigerians against illegal travel, undocumented border crossings Opposition moves to unite against Tinubu ahead of 2027 What Tinubu’s 10.9 million APC primary votes mean for 2027
Announcing the results on Tuesday at the ADC Collation Centre in Yenagoa, Promise Dappa, Chairman of the ADC Presidential Primaries Committee in Bayelsa State, who also doubled as the Returning Officer, declared that Amaechi the winner.
Dappa, a retired commodore, said out of a total of 56,356 registered voters, 53,298 were accredited, with valid votes of 51,913 and rejected votes of 1,785.adsads
