RIVERS ELECTIONS; BARR. NYESOM WIKE OF PDP DECLARED WINNER IN THE RIVERS STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS

BG Rivers State – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr Nyesom Wike has been declared winner of the last Saturday’s governorship election in Rivers state.

Barr. Wike polled a total of 1,029,102 votes amounting to 87.77 percent to beat  the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Dr Dakuku Peterside who had 124,896 votes amounting to 10.65 percent to come a distant second.

Prof Faraday Oruwense, The Returning Officer for Rivers State 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 emerge the third position