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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa
The campaign directorate of an aspirant for Ogbia Constituency one seat in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Azibalamawal Jonathan, has described as “spurious and undemocratic, the purported claims and declaration of one Mr Richard Ibegu as winner” of Sunday, May 22, 2022’s Peoples Democratic Party’s primaries for the Assembly seat.
A statement by the aspirant, Hon. Azibalamawal Jonathan, expressed shock over the claims and declaration of Mr Ibegu as winner of an election “which was never held due to violence, which eyewitnesses said were caused by supporters of Mr Richard Ibegu at the supposedly Ogbia town venue of the primaries.”
He called on PDP and the general public to discountenance “any news on claims of victory emanating from the Richard Ibegu’s campaign team,” adding that “the entire world knew that no primaries were held yesterday, Sunday, at Ogbia town, headquarters of the constituency and the Ogbia LGA, respectively.”
Jonathan urged his teeming supporters and believers of his aspiration to continue keeping faith with his campaign team, as they are working assiduously and meticulously towards the actualization of the party delegates’ mandate he believes he would’ve gotten if the primaries were conducted.
This was as he also called on his supporters to continue toeing the path of peace and love for the constituency and the PDP, adding that he is willing to pursue the matter to its logical conclusion.
He noted that the “remote and immediate cause of the violence which characterized the botched primaries at Ogbia town was the impersonation of delegates at the supposed venue of the primaries,” while describing “the claims put forward by Mr Ibegu on the social media that he won the election at Ogbia town as blatant lies. He added that he was not aware of “any other Ogbia Constituency one PDP primaries held elsewhere.”
Jonathan further condemned the murder of a PDP member, Mr Michael Isaiah, at the “botched Ogbia Constituency one PDP primaries,” even as he conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families, describing the young Isaiah as a promising youth of the Ogbia LGA and Bayelsa State.
