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John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has told Timipre Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa state and one of the contestants in the September 22 botched primary in Bayelsa to go to court.

“Mr Sylva can go to court because that is what the court is meant for,” Oyegun said on Monday in Abuja.

He was responding to a question from journalists on the claim of Sylva that he won the election.

He said the party had decided to conduct another primary on September 29, saying APC’s national working committee deemed it fit to provide a level playing ground for all candidates who aspire to public offices in the party.

Oyegun declared that the process that led to the primary of last week did not meet the standard, which the party had set for itself.

“We had serious security challenges and the process did not meet the standard which this party has set for itself,” he said.

“We have no alternative but to stop the process by ensuring that the chairman of the panel was moved out of the venue with the help of security agencies. We decided thereafter that there should be fresh primary. We have written to INEC on our decision to conduct fresh primary for the Bayelsa governorship election on Tuesday.

“We are getting in touch with the inspector-general of police and all other security agencies to assist us in ensuring effective security.”