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From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
President Bola Tinubu has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries held on Saturday in Bayelsa with a landslide victory.
This comes as the Minister of State, Petroleum (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, delivered his ward 100 per cent to the president.
The state collation and returning officer, Senator Douye Diri, while announcing the results after receiving returns from the eight local governments, declared that Tinubu polled 277,192, while Stanley Osifo polled five votes.
Diri commended party members in all the 105 wards for their peaceful conduct and participation in the election.
The governor stated that the results underscore Tinubu’s growing influence at the grassroots in Bayelsa State, which would guarantee victory at the 2027 presidential election.
Meanwhile, Lokpobiri, who delivered his ward in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State for President Bola Tinubu with a total vote of 13,591, said the massive turnout and voting for President Tinubu reaffirmed the fact that Bayelsa is 99.9 per cent for the president.
Lokpobiri, who was an observer due to his political appointee status, which legally disqualifies him from participating in the voting process, spoke shortly after monitoring the exercise and commended APC members for their orderly conduct and commitment throughout the process.
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“As you can see, this is my ward, Ward 8 in Ekeremor, with over 13,000 registered APC members. By law, I am not eligible to vote or be voted for because I am a political appointee. However, I am here as an observer, and I am very happy that the exercise in my ward was peaceful and successful,” he stated.
Lokpobiri, who was accompanied by the Bayelsa West senatorial candidate and the three state assembly candidates of the party from Ekeremor, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the primary across the local government area, saying reports from the 12 wards indicated that the exercise was peaceful throughout.
“We are very happy that this exercise started peacefully and is ending peacefully as well. What we have witnessed here is similar to what took place across all the wards in the local government area,” he said.
He maintained that the APC remained united and fully prepared for the 2027 general elections, expressing confidence that the party would record a landslide victory in Ekeremor Local Government Area.
“There is practically no other political party in my area or in the state again. What you have now is a united APC. Any politician you do not find here today can simply be described as a retired politician,” he said.
The minister further declared that the APC would secure overwhelming support in the area during the 2027 polls.
“I can assure you that APC will secure about 99.9 percent of the votes in Ekeremor Local Government Area in 2027. We are united, strong, and ready to confront any candidate from any other political party,” he added.
