APC wins 20 LGAs, PDP takes three in Rivers polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged victorious in 20 of the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Rivers State in Saturday’s Chairmanship and Councillorship elections.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which controls the state government, secured only three local government areas, according to results announced by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC).

RSIEC Chairman, Dr Michael Odey, who declared the outcome at the commission’s headquarters along Aba Road, Port Harcourt, on Sunday afternoon, confirmed that the APC dominated the polls across the state.

In a major upset, suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara lost his Opobo-Nkoro Local Government Area to the APC, the main opposition party in the state.

The elections, supervised by RSIEC, were contested amid heightened political tension in Rivers, with both parties keen to prove their strength at the grassroots level.

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Below are the collated result:

Abua-Odual – APC (Ofori Owoalabi) – 28,755 votes

Ahoada East – APC (Solomon Achoma) – 54,509 votes

Ahoada West – APC (Eugene Epelle) – 84,125 votes

Akuku-Toru – APC (Bob Fubara) – 63,593 votes

Andoni – APC (Lucky Promise) – 126,181 votes

Asari-Toru – APC (George Onegiyeofori) – 56,383 votes

Bonny – APC (Abinye Blessing Pepple) – 13,543 votes

Degema – APC (Michael John Williams) – 61,536 votes

Eleme – APC (Obarilomate Ollor) – 77,452 votes

Emohua – APC (Chidi Lloyd) – 114,380 votes

Etche – APC (Njoku Boniface) – 100,649 votes

Gokana – APC (Dekor Confidence) – 96,478 votes

Ikwerre – APC (Charles Wobodo) – 62,746 votes

Khana – APC (Bariere Thomas) – 156,027 votes

Obio-Akpor – PDP (Gift Worlu) – 328,823 votes

Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) – PDP (Shedrack Ogbogu) – 51,051 votes

Ogu-Bolo – APC (Vincent Nemioboka) – 36,374 votes

Okrika – APC (Akuro Tobin) – 32,285 votes

Omuma – APC (Obasi Uchechukwu) – 38,530 votes

Opobo-Nkoro – APC (Jame A. Jame) – 38,822 votes

Oyigbo – APC (Okechukwu Akara) – 101,495 votes

Port Harcourt City (PHALGA) – PDP (Allwell Ihunda) – 235,054 votes

Tai – APC (Mbakpone Okpe) – 70,080 votes