Mr David Lyon of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has emerged the winner of the just concluded primary in Bayelsa.
He scored 42,138 votes to win its closet rval, Mrs Diseye Nsirim, who scored 1,533 votes.
Others are Heineken yLokpobiri, who scored 571 votes, while Preye Aganaba, scored 354 votes and MrAmgbare scored 633 votes, while Prof. Maureen Etebu scored 564 votes.
The Chief Coalition Officer, Sen. Dangana Emmanuel, announced the result in Yenagoa.
He said the mode was direct primary as agreed by Bayelsa stakeholders, and confirmed by the national working committee.
The Returning Officer for the Bauyrlsa APC Primaries is Gov. Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe,
The APC adopted the direct primaries mode to select the candidate to fly its flag in the Nov. 16 governorship election in Bayelsa.
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