Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

Governor Nyesom Wike, the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party has taken a strong lead against the candidate of AAC Biokpomabo Awara in the ongoing collation of results of March 9 Rivers governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Wike is leading the candidate of AAC who had been adopted by the Rotimi Amaechi led faction of APC eight out 10 local governments results declared so far.
The collation of the results is being done against the background of two parallel protests for and against it.

See details of the results below

LGA: Opobo/Nkoro

AAC 3,888

PDP 6, 314

Votes were cancelled in 5 wards with 7,030 registered voters.

LGA: ELEME
AAC 2, 748

PDP 9,560

Out of 10 wards, results in two wards were cancelled because of violence. They are wards 1 and 8. Polling units affected in Ward 1 is 9 with the number of registered voters put at 12044. Number of polling units affected on ward 8 is 15 with registered voters of 15537.

LGA: OYIGBO

AAC 32, 026

PDP 8, 652No.

Cancellation. Austin Opara said his party the PDP will accept the result but raised observation that there was high level of militarization of the LGA on the Election Day.

LGA: ANDONI
AAC 5,335

PDP 92, 056

No cancellation. But AAC agent said they have reservation about the result by that they will address the situations at the appropriate time.

LGA: IKWERRE

AAC 5,660

PDP 14, 938

Election did not hold in two wards out of the 13 wards of the LGA.No argument. Result received.

LGA: Port Harcourt City
AAC 11,866

PDP 40,197

No objection. No argument.

Ikwerre LGA

LGA: Omuma

AAC 1, 853

PDP 15, 792
There are 10 wards in Omuma. Votes were canceled in 28 polling units across 8 wards.Note: no ward was outrightly cancelled. Rather, voted were cancelled in selected polling units, totalling 28. A total of 9627 voters were affected.

LGA: Okirika
AAC 3,803

PDP 25,572

Election held in all 12 wards. 

LGA: Akuku-Toru
AAC 36, 661

PDP 25, 765

At the time of filing this report, INEC has gone on brief recess.