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
