INEC declares Nyesom Wike winner of Rivers governorship election

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr
Nyesom Wike has been declared winner of last
Saturday's governorship election in Rivers state, polling
a total of 1,029,102 votes amounting to 87.77 percent to
beat Dr Dakuku Peterside of the All Progressives
Congress, APC who had 124,896 votes amounting to 10.65
percent to come a distant second.
The Returning Officer, Prof Faraday Oruwense announced
the results at the Rivers state office of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC in Port Harcourt in the
early hours of Monday, saying that Prince Tonye Princewill
of the Labour Party (LP), polled 10,142 (0.86 per cent) to
come third.
Abua/Odua PDP 46,392 APC 790
Asari Toru PDP 32,150 APC 566
TAI PDP 32,988 APC 2,219
Omuma PDP 10,735 APC 3,376
Eleme PDP 3,079 APC 10,522
Ahoada West PDP 15,575 APC 13, 175
Andoni PDP, 70,317 APC 5, 278
Onelga PDP 67,864 APC 9,532
Opobo/Nkoro PDP 2,345 APC 5,455
Ahoada East PDP 14,100 APC 4,011
Gokana PDP 62,218 APC 734.
Ogu/Bolo PDP 33,559 APC 742.
Obio Akpor PDP 224,888 APC 9,844
Oyigbo PDP 7,559 APC 6,529
Akuku Toru PDP 64,498 APC 3,010.
Okrika PDP 47, 891 APC 1631
Port Harcourt City APC 24,367 PDP 82,289
Ikwere APC 10, 555 PDP 23, 511
IkwereEtche LG APC 6, 488 PDP – 33, 954
Dagema LG APC 1, 244 PDP 31, 103
Asari Toru APC 566 PDP 32150
Bonny LGA APC 5, 822 PDP 10, 156
Khana APC 185 PDP 72, 505