BREAKING: WIKE EMERGES WINNER OF RIVERS GUBERNATORIAL RACE
Joseph Omoniyi
Incumbent governor of Rivers State and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Nyesom Wike has defeated his closest rival, of the African Action Congress, Biokpomabo Awara.
Wike won by polling a total of 888,264 votes to defeat the candidate of the AAC who polled 137,859 votes.
INEC’s collation officer for the governorship election, Prof. Teddy Adias, on Wednesday declared the PDP candidate winner having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes.
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