Wike was declared the winner of the primary election by the Chairman of the PDP governorship primary electoral committee, Etifa Bekeakpo. The detail of the result shows that from all 319 wards which produced a total of 1,150 delegates for the primary election, the total votes cast were 1,108. By the time the collation of votes came to an end, Wike has swept a total of 1,083 of the votes.
Though 16 of the governorship aspirants boycotted the exercise, the primary election nevertheless held.
One of the aggrieved aspirants, Pawariso Horsefall however condemned the venue of the primary election while counting was in progress.
Horsefall said it is wrong for anyone to hold election in a public school.
Meanwhile, former governor Peter Odili downplayed the boycott by 16 of the party’s governorship aspirant, saying nobody forced them to be aspirants and nobody should query their decision to stay away, adding that whoever emerges in the on- going primaries will be the next governor of Rivers State.
A confident Odili, who said he “understands the game” stressed that the absence of some of the aspirants will not have any effect on the winner of the primaries.
According to him, “this is democracy at work; the majority are speaking. And let me say here that PDP has taken the right step to win election in 2015.
“How can you say 16 are not here? There are 8 agents here so it means 8 people are represented to express their intent. It’s a voluntary process. If you didn’t question them for aspiring why question them for being absent.
“I have been involved in this game over the years and I can tell you that whoever emerges in this election today will become the next governor of Rivers State.”
Source: DailyPost
