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2019: Bayelsa communities adopt consensus candidate for assembly election

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No fewer than thirteen communities that make up Ekeremor constituency
two in Ekeremor Local government area of Bayelsa State  has pledged
their support for the consensus candidate of the All Progressive
Party(APC), in the forth coming State assembly election.

Ekeremor constituency two is where the current Minister of state for
Agriculture, Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri is from and the communities with
five wards includes Amabolou, Ekeremor Town , Obrigbene, Amanagbene,
Peretorugbene ,Foutorugbene,  Enogbene, Toru-Ndoro, Tarila zion,
Tamogbene, Oweigbene, Tamo-Ndoro, Israello zion, Adazi zion.

Major stakeholders, youth groups, student community, elders and women
Groups made their position known in a rally yesterday at the party
Secretariat in Yenagoa.

Addressing the large crowd of supporters during the submission of
nomination form by the aspirant, the State Deputy Chairman of the APC,
Hon. Ogeibiri Orubebe, said the community’s and stakeholders agreed on
a consensus candidate from Ekeremor main town that has no
representation for a long time to avoid post primary crisis, adding
that the party is working assiduously to ensure the best candidates
emerge for the general elections.

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He disclosed that from records aspirants from the APC going into the
contest are more credible than the ones PDP are forcing on the people,
adding that they have done series of consultation and have the full
backing of the people.

Also speaking, the woman leader of WAD campaign team, said it is 100
percent support for the consensus candidate Hon. Wilson Dauyegha or
nobody else, adding he is the only credible representation we will
support for the assembly seat of EKELGA two.

Hon. Pere Fadah, the publicity secretary of the party at local
government level, said the constituency has not had any representative
since the pioneer speaker of the house left, no meaningful project,
the people are suffering and can’t continue like this, rather we will
support the mandate of the people.

In his brief, the aspirant, Hon. Wilson Ayakpo Dauyegha, commended the
people for the show of love and the wise choice of his emergence,
promising that he will not disappoint the choose of the people.

He submitted that the time to contribute meaningfully and attract more
development to the people is now, noting that we will sensitize the
people on the need to protect their votes.

 

 

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