Blessing Okorite, Port Harcourt
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won more four Local Government Areas in the ongoing collation of the May 9, 2019 Rivers State Governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
On Tuesday at the collation, the State Governor Nyesom Wike who is the PDP candidates for the guber election cleared 15 LGAs, while the African Action Congress, AAC, candidate, Biokpomabo Aware, has so far won two LGAs.
As at the time of this filing this report, PDP was leading in 17 out of the 23 LGAs in the state
Below are the results collated so far on Wednesday.
Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area
Returning officer, Dr Otobo Wenika
12 wards, 7 wards were collated, while 5 wards were cancelled
Registered voters – 54569
Accredited voters – 13492
Total valid votes – 13281
Rejected votes – 211
Total votes cast – 13492
Peoples Democratic Party – 11855
African Action Congress – 814
Obio/Akpor Local Government Area
Returning officer, Dr Woke Ngozi
17 wards
Registered voters – 600622
Accredited voters – 296956
Total valid votes – 292324
Rejected votes – 2448
Total votes cast – 294772
Peoples Democratic Party – 281164
African Action Congress – 7495
Asari-Toru Local Government Area
Collation officer, Dr Francis Minima
13 wards, but collation took place in 12 wards
Registered voters – 74047
Accredited voters – 53056
Total valid votes – 52787
Rejected votes – 256
Total votes cast – 53043
Peoples Democratic Party – 32172
African Action Congress – 18945
Degema Local Government Area
Collation officer, Dr Sunday Elum
17 wards
Registered voters – 90578
Accredited voters – 19129
Total valid votes – 18585
Rejected votes – 544
Total vote cast – 19129
Peoples Democratic Party – 12133
African Action Congress – 5071
Meanwhile, the collection exercise has been suspended for three hours to enable the State Returning officer, Prof Teddy Adias, complete his work, probably for the declaration of the total result later in the day.
Details later…
