The immediate past Accountant-General of Rivers State, Fubara Siminayi, has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in the state.

The gubernatorial primary election was held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Wednesday.

The chairman of the electoral panel, Prof. Walter Mbutu, declared the former Rivers Accountant-General winner of the primary election after polling 721 votes.

The runner-up, Mr Kamala Isaac, secured 86 votes, followed by Mr George Kelly with 37 votes, while Mr Tammy Danagogo polled 36 votes.

Others include West Morga and David Briggs who got 04 votes each, while Mr Felix Obuah, the immediate past chairman of the party, garnered 02 votes.

In his acceptance speech, Siminayi thanked the party and the delegates for the support, describing his win as a victory for the party and a step towards moving the state forward.

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“The purpose of this congress is to consolidate on the achievements of the present administration,” he added.

He, however, assured the people of his readiness to work in harmony with the party to sustain the “wonderful” achievements of Governor Nyesom Wike-led administration, and urged other contestants to support him.

The latest development is coming barely 24 hours after Siminayi and 58 others were declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for N435 billion fraud.

Among the 59 people declared wanted by the EFCC were four Rivers State government officials.

They are wanted for suspected N117 billion fraud, alleged criminal conspiracy, money laundering, and misappropriation of public funds and abuse of office.

The anti-graft agency, in a wanted list posted on its website on Tuesday, said the offences range from money laundering to obtaining money by false pretence, fraud, internet-related offences and issuance of dud cheque.

The Star