If the feeders coming in from the National Leadership of the All Progressive Congress(APC) is nothing to go with,a former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives and current Governor of Sokoto State Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal will be heading the commitee that will oversea the conduct of the Bayelsa APC Primaries scheduled to hold on Saturday 19th September 2015,PUO REPORTS Learnt.
A source privy to the development told PUO REPORTS that,the party may not release it ticket to any of the newly admitted members of the Party who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressive Congress(APC).
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As of Yesterday Thursday 10th September 2015,A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Timi Alaibe, A former Chief of Staff to Governor Dickson Chief Diekivie Bovie Ikiogha,Chief Preye Aganaba,A former Governor of Bayelsa State Chief Timipre Sylva and a former Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Emmanuel Otiotio, were among the 19 aspirants who a obtained nomination forms and attended the screening exercise ahead of the party’s primaries.
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Investigations by PUO REPORTS revealed that apart from Timipre Sylva and Preye Aganaba,all other 17 aspirants who picked the Bayelsa APC ticket were defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)
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It is not clear whether some powerful aspirants may be forced to step down for others considered more qualified,but it was gathered that a meeting has been scheduled between the aspirants and the Party Leadership next Monday in Abuja,it was also gathered that the result of the screening exercise will be release on or before the meeting between the aspirants and the APC leadership