The Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, Hon Ebipade Fekoweimo, and two members of the House of Representatives, Preye Oseke and Israel Sunny-Goli, have picked the tickets of the party in the just-concluded primaries in the State.
Fekoweimo emerged as the flag bearer of the party in the Kolokuma/Opokuma/Yenagoa Federal Constituency with 20,820 votes to defeat his opponent, Chief Chubby Ben-Watson, who scored 376 votes.
Oseke was declared winner for Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency with a total of 16,511.
Sunny-Goli was returned unopposed in the Brass/Nembe Federal constituency primary to run for a second term.
The duo of Hon. Eddi Orubo and Hon. Michael Olomu also emerged at the primaries conducted at Ogbia and Sagbama respectively.
While Orubo won the party ticket to represent Ogbia federal constituency, Olomu won the ticket for the Sagbama/Ekeremor federal constituency.
The State Publicity Secetary of the APC in Bayelsa, Doifie Buokoribo, confirmed the peaceful conduct of the Federal House of Representatives primaries.
He declared: “The party congratulates all the aspirants who are now candidates. Similarly, it commends party faithful for their peaceful conduct during the exercise which was conducted across the state through direct primaries.”
He also said the party primaries were the easier part in the electioneering process, noting that the big challenge was to win the main election.
He expressed confidence that the APC in Bayelsa State was determined to win all the elections in the 2023 circle.