Muray Ben Bruce the Chaiman of Silver Bird group Wins PDP Bayelsa East Senatorial seat.
The
Chairman, Senate Committee on Oil and Gas, Downstream sector, Senator
Emmanuel Paulker and former Director General, Nigerian Television
Authority, (NTA), and Chairman of Silverbird Group, Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce
have emerged as the ruling People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) flag
bearers representing Bayelsa Central and East Senatorial Districts in
the 2015 general election.
However, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri lost
his re-election bid to the immediate past chairman of the Bayelsa State
Scholarship Board, Evangelist Foster Ogola.
This was contained in the
result declared by the Chief Returning Officers in the three Senatorial
Districts and coordinated by the Chairman, Bayelsa State National
Assembly Primaries Electoral Committee, General Idi Adamu, (retd).
Ben Murray-Bruce
Murray-Bruce
won by 138 votes, 127 votes more than second placed Anthony Ikoli (SAN)
who polled 11. Hon. Nelson Belief 2 votes, Mrs Irene Digitemie Opuene 4
votes, Hon. Clever Ikisikpo 0 votes while Austin Dressman and Professor
Ayebaemi Spiff withdrew.
In Bayelsa Central Senatorial District
polled Senator Emmanuel Paulker 174 votes to win and retain his place.
Austin Ogionwon Febo got 17 votes, Ebiundu Komonibo 1 vote, Torunana 1
vote.
In Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Evangelist Foster Ogola 69
votes winner, Hon. Ayakeme Whiskey 27 votes, Captain Matthew Karimo 12
votes, Dr. Stella Dorgu 3 votes, Chief Frank Akpoebi 2 votes, Senator
Heineken Lokpobiri 0
Source Silverbirdtv
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