A former Rivers State Accountant General, Fubara Siminialayi, who was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged 17billion fraud, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary.
He is now the official standard bearer of the PDP in Rivers State in the 2023 governorship election.
Siminialayi polled 721 votes to defeat his two closest rivals, Isaac Kamaku and George Kelly, who had 86 votes and 37 votes respectively.
The immediate past Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, came fourth with 36 votes.
A total of 898 votes were cast, while eight were voided, according to the election committee chairman, Prof. Walter Mboto.
16 aspirants had contested the party’s ticket after a series of stakeholders’ meetings and consultations led by the state Governor, Nyesom Wike, according to a report by National Waves.
Siminialayi hails from Opobo, a riverine area in Opobo Local Governmentnt of the state.
Meanwhile, some of the aspirants, including the immediate past Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, Senator George Sekibo, former senator, Lee Maeba, Gabriel Pidomson and the immediate past state PDP chairman, Felix Obuah, among others, reportedly boycotted the primary despite hitherto going through the entire process.
They were opposed to Siminialayi as the governor’s choice who eventually emerged the winner.
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