The Gubernatorial Primary Election Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State on Wednesday disqualified the former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Cross Rivers State, Dr. Briyai Oyeins Frankland over allegation of not being a card carrying member of the party for up to one calendar year.

Those cleared for Thursday’s Governorship primaries of the Party are Engr. Preys Aganaba, Prince Ebitimi Angbare, Ms. Diseye Poweigha, Mr. Lyon David, Professor Ongoebi Etebu and Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.

The Screening Committee, headed by the Chairman, Rt. Hon. Isa Song, and Secretary, Clement Chinaka, in its address to the National Secretary of APC and made available to newsmen via email, explained that Dr. Briyai Oyeins Frankland was not cleared after a thorough exercise in Yenagoa last Saturday.

In the report, which was signed by all seven members of the screening committee, the committee conducted its exercise in line with guidelines and code of conduct emphasised at ensuring that ‘aspirants must have been a card carrying members of the party up to one calendar year, aspirants original credentials are sights and aspirants with multiple declarations of age must harmonise same to avoid untoward situation.’

The report stated that the modalities adopted for the screening was the balloting of numbers 1 to 7 which was picked by each aspirant to determine the order for which they were called to appear before the committee.

Each aspirant was asked questions relating to qualifications and conduct in line with both party constitution and election guidelines to contest for the Governorship Primary election under the platform of the APC. (New Telegraph)