 In those states now, the People's Democratic Party joined its counterpart across the country to conduct primaries to elect candidate for the state assembly as well as the House of Representatives. However, parallel primaries were held by two factions in the party simultaneously at different locations across the state. From the faction loyal to Governor Gardwin or Basaki, only those who defected with him from the APC to the PDP had continued to emerge as winners. Similarly, from the camp loyal to Chief Dan Orby, National Vice-Chairman South-South of the PDP, only the old members emerged winners. Officers from the Independent National Electoral Commission ironed and monitored the primaries by the faction loyal to the party's National Vice-Chairman South-South, but the same could not be said about the faction loyal to the Governor. Now, a chief ten of the party who spoke on condition of anonymity explained that the primaries were not parallel. Similarly, Mr. Adasey, a Wanta Edo Commissioner for Information, were commenting from the Governor's faction dismissed reports of parallel primaries.