The Independent National Election Commission, INEC, has so far released the results of the gubernatorial elections in 10 local government areas of Rivers state with the Peoples Democratic Party PDP candidate, Nyesom Wike maintaining an early lead in eight Local Government Areas of the state, as shown by the total number of votes polled.
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
Total votes for both parties in the 10 LGA collated so far
AAC – 106,886 votes
PDP – 249,400 votes
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