Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has commended the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary elections in Rivers, describing it as peaceful, seamless and well-organised.
Fubara, who served as the State Collation Officer for the primary elections made the commendation on Saturday in Port Harcourt after the collation of results from the 23 local government areas of the state.
He said President Bola Tinubu emerged winner of the exercise in Rivers, polling a total of 280,082 votes.
He explained that APC had 297,068 registered members in the state, but 280,082 members were accredited for the primaries.
Fubara said all accredited members voted for Tinubu, leaving his only opponent, Stanley Osifo, without any vote.
“I feel that this process has recorded one of the most organised outings of our great party in recent times.
“The only reason it came out this way has to do with good planning. In all, I want to say that I am really impressed with the process,” he said.
The governor stated that after a diligent review of the figures, he could certify that the results represented the true and accurate summary of votes from the 23 local government areas.
Fubara added that the report of the primary election would be forwarded to the APC national headquarters in Abuja for formal declaration of the results.(NAN)
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
