Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been declared winner of the governorship election which held on March 9

AFTER all the high drama of altercation and violence that trailed the guber election in Rivers State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, this evening declared Governor Nyesom Wike, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the winner of the March 9 election.

The declaration was made after the collation of result resumed on Wednesday in Port Harcourt.

On March 10, the INEC suspended the collation of the results of the election in the state, citing electoral violence.  it also also announced a schedule of activities for the resumption of the exercise, with collation and announcement of results slated to hold between April 2 and April 5.

Wike scored a total of 586,721 votes to defeat his opponents having won in Port Harcourt, Ikwerre, Andoni, Eleme, Opobo-Nkoro, Bonny, Okrika, Omuma, Tai, Ahoada East, Emohua, Etche, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local governments.

He also won in Ogu/Bolo, Obio-Akpor, Asari-Toru, and Degema, scoring a total of 586,721 votes.

His closest opponent, Biokpomabo Awara, candidate of the African Alliance Congress, AAC,  won in Akuku-Toru and Oyigbo local governments, scoring a total of 139,211 votes.

Results from two local governments – Gokana and Ahoada West – are yet to be collated, while election was not held in Abua/Odual and Khana local governments.

– Apr. 3, 2019 @ 18:55 GMT |