BREAKING: INEC Declares Winner Of Rivers Governorship Election

BREAKING: INEC Declares Winner Of Rivers Governorship Election

Siminialayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the Rivers State governorship election.

Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, the Rivers State Returning Officer, announced the results late Monday night at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Head Office in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

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The PDP candidate received 302,614 votes, defeating his closet rival Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who received 95,274 votes. Senator Magnus Abe of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party (LP) finished third and fourth, with 46,981 and 22,224 votes, respectively.

Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, stated that out of the 3,537,190 registered voters in the state, 496,852 were accredited for the March 18 governorship election.

He explained that out of the total 494,604 votes cast, 483,934 were valid, while 10, 670 were rejected.

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