APC’S LOLOO WINS KHANA CONSTITUENCY II BY-ELECTION
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Agency Report
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Henrietta Loolo, has won the Khana Constituency II by-election into the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The by-election, held on February 21, 2026, was conducted to fill the vacancy created by the death of the former lawmaker representing the constituency, Dinebari Loolo.
According to the official result sheet issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the APC candidate polled 7,647 votes to emerge victorious.
Other candidates recorded the following results:
Nwakpang Victor of the Action Alliance (AA) – 46 votes
Yorimi Barasima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) – 37 votes
Celestine Gideon of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) – 23 votes
Anthony Ndor of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) – 47 votes
INEC subsequently declared Loolo duly elected, having satisfied the requirements of the law.
Khana Constituency II comprises 155 polling units spread across eight wards.
In a related development, INEC also declared Napoleon Ukalikpe of the APC winner of the by-election in Ahoada/East Constituency II.
The by-elections were conducted to fill two vacant seats in the Rivers 10th Assembly, following the death of the former representative for Khana Constituency II and the resignation of Edison Ehie, who was appointed Chief of Staff to the state governor.
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