ODAHIEKWU OGUNDE, Yenagoa
Former Chairman, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayelsa State chapter, Chief Tiwei Orunimighe, has won the Bayelsa Central Senatorial ticket of the party in the primary conducted over the weekend.
In the results declared by the Election Committee of the APC in the state, Orunimighe scored 38,532 votes to defeat Julie Donli Okah who scored 4,003 votes.
Mr Diseye Poweigha withdrew from the election.
In Bayelsa West Senatorial District, comprising Ekeremor and Sagbama local governments, Hon. Wilson Ayakpo clinched the ticket, scoring a total of 23,187 votes to beat Mr Etolor Robinson who scored 2,142.
In Bayelsa East Senatorial District made up of Brass, Nembe and Ogbia LGAs, the incumbent senator representing the district, Degi Eremienyo, garnered a total of 43,433 votes to defeat his opponent, Sodaguo Festus Omoni, who scored 2,497 votes.