BEVERLY HILLS, April 02, (THEWILL) – The much-awaited collation of results from the Rivers State governorship election has resumed in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga, has declared the center open and results are beginning to trickle in.
On March 10, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had suspended all electoral processes in the state as a result of violence and widespread disruption of collation of results.
The commission later announced that the results of 17 local government areas were intact, and it rescheduled collation for April 2 to April 5. INEC had also scheduled supplementary election in the remaining six local government areas for April 13.
Earlier, an Abuja high court dismissed a suit filed by the AAC seeking to stop INEC from collating the results. Inyang Ekwo, the judge, held that since the case was related to election, it was appropriate for the plaintiffs to take their case before an election tribunal.
From the results so far, the incumbent and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Nyesom Wike, is leading with results from 10 LGAs.
Wike has polled a total of 249,400 votes, while his rival, the Africa Action Congress (AAC) candidate, Biokpomabo Awara who was adopted by the Rotimi Amaechi-led All Progressives Congress, (APC) has polled a total of 106,886 votes.
Below is a breakdown of the total number of votes polled by both candidates in the 10 LGAs:
IKWERRE LGA.
AAC – 5,660
PDP – 14,938
PORT HARCOURT LGA.
AAC – 11,866
PDP – 40,197
ANDONI LGA.
AAC – 5,335
PDP – 92,056
OYIBO LGA.
AAC – 32,026
PDP – 8,652
ELEME LGA.
AAC – 2,748
PDP – 9,560
OPOBO LGA.
AAC – 3,888
PDP – 6,314
BONNY LGA.
AAC – 3,046
PDP – 10,551
OKRIKA LGA.
AAC – 3,803
PDP – 25,572
AKUKU-TORU LGA.
AAC – 36,661
PDP – 25,765
OMUMA LGA.
AAC – 1,853
PDP – 15,795
