Tina Amanda
As collation of results for the March 9th governorship election in Rivers state continues at the Independent National Electoral Commission Collation Center in Portharcourt, the governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party PDP won additional 4 local government areas.
This is as the much-anticipated results from Obio-Akpo Local Government Area caused an uproar among party agents.
OGU/BOLO LGA:
PDP – 11,855
AAC – 814
ACCORD – 208
SDP – 1
Registered voters – 54,569
Total valid votes – 13,281
rejected vote – 211
Total vote cast – 13,492
Collation Officer of Ogu/Bolo, Professor Wenika, stated that there was no Collation of results in five wards namely: Bolo 1, Bolo 2, Bolo 3, Bolo 4 and Wakama ward, as the electoral results from those wards didn’t get to the RAC.
OBIO/AKPOR LGA:
ACCORD – 1808
AAC – 7495
PDP – 281,164
SDP – 271
Registered voters – 600,622
Total valid votes – 292,324
Rejected vote – 2448
Total vote cast – 294772
ASARI-TORU LGA:
ACCORD – 588
AAC – 18,945
PDP- 32,172
Registered voters – 74,047
Total valid vote – 52,787
rejected votes – 256
Total vote cast – 53,043
No election in 1 ward with 24 polling units affected
DEGEMA LGA:
A- 590
AAC – 5071
PDP – 12,133
SDP – 75
Rregistered voters – 90,578
Total valid votes – 18,585
rejected votes – 544
Total vote cast – 19,129
Election didn’t hold in 27 polling units which cut across 8 wards in the LGA.
Our correspondent Tina Amanda reports that after the declaration of Obio-Akpor result there was an uproar when a party agent of APP by name Dike Dickson, contested the result and alleged that governor Wike carted away with all the electoral materials of Obio-Akpor.
But party agent of New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP, Princewill Eyin, disagreed with the APP’s agent and labelled him as an imposter while the party agent for African Action Congress AAC Nenye Kocha, admitted before the State Collation Officer, Professor Teddy Adias, that the party is ready to work in accordance for peace, as Obio-Akpor LGA is Governor Nyesom Wike stronghold, stressing that the party wants to do things differently.
The commission is on recess and will resume collation by 3 pm
