THE All Progressives Congress (APC), is currently holding its Senatorial primaries at the three Delta Senatorial districts to emerge with its candidates for the 2019 general elections.
The three Senatorial districts are Delta Central, Delta South and Delta North.
On one hand, as of the time of filing this report, the primary for the Chief Cyril Ogodo-led faction in Delta Central was holding at Ughelli Public Field. Mr Charles Olisa was announced as the Returning Officer while Mr Solomon Igbiaye is the Election Officer.
The two aspirants for Delta Central are APC leader, Chief O’tega Emerhor and the incumbent, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.
On the other hand, the APC second faction led by Prophet Jones Erue is holdings its Delta Senatorial district primaries at a venue in Udu, near Warri.
The two expected aspirants to be voted for there, too, are Chief Emerhor and Senator Omo-Agege.
NaijaLiveTv.com Reliably gathered that primary for Delta South, where former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and Ijaw-born Chief Michael Johnny who are both major contestant
NaijaLiveTv.com further gathered that at the Civic Center in Oleh, the Venue of the Indirect Primary of the Delta South Senatorial district were barricaded by heavy security armed Police men as earlier as 6:30am today. But as at filling this report accreditation of the various expected voters across 8 LGAs in 87 wards are yet to be done (4:20pm today)
Eligible voters across Burutu LGA, (11 ward) Bomadi LGA, (10 ward) Patani LGA, (10 ward) Isoko South LGA, ( 11 ward) Isoko North LGA, (13 ward) Warri South West LGA, (10 wards) Warri North LGA, (10 ward) Warri South LGA (12 wards are yet to be accredited and are still waiting for elections materials at the Venue in Oleh Civic Centre in Isoko South LGA, Delta State.
Uduaghan’s opponent at the Delta South primaries at Oleh is Ijaw-born Chief Michael Johnny.
It was not clear as of Tuesday whether the APC in Delta South was having a parallel primary as it is in Delta Central.
Accreditation of delegates had already begun peacefully as of 12:45 p.m at Ughelli amid security watch.
It will be recalled that on Monday in Asaba, Prof Pat Utomi and Chief Great Ogboru both emerged governorship candidates in parallel primaries held by the two factions of Chief Ogodo and Prophet Erue respectively.
INEC OBSERVERS STILL WAITING FOR ELECTIONS MATERIALS TO ARRIVE OLEH WERE THE DELTA SOUTH APC INDIRECT PRIMARY IS EXPECTED TO HOLD.
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