As it happened in most states of the country,the Governor Similayi Fubaras backed Action Peoples Party,APP on Saturday emerge victorious in 22 out if Rivers state 23 local governments.
The election it will be recalled held in spite of ruling by Federal high Court and decision of the Police not to be part of it.
The state government deployed men of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps to provide security during the election.
The state’s PDP political structures,it will be recalled is still firmly in the hands of Nyesome Wike,the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory.
Except the Courts decide otherwise,the supremacy between the Governors and his godfather over Who controls the state has been out to rest ,at least for now .
It will be recalled that the APP candidates who left the PDP after Wike hijacked the party structure in the State were set to win in a landslide.
That report has been confirmed by the results declared by the Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Adolphus Enebeli on Saturday evening in Port Harcourt.
However, the state electoral umpire suspended the declaration of results for Etche Local Government Area (LGA) because the collation is ongoing.
The RSIEC chairman also said that announcement for the 319 councillorship seats will be announced alongside that of the Etche Chairmanship position when collations are concluded.
He described the election as free, fair, and credible, despite all odds. According to him, polls were closed at 3 pm and recorded a large turnout of voters.
Enebeli saluted the patriotism of the residents who turned out to vote.
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The declaration of the results was observed by members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), chairmen of state independent electoral bodies across the country, and members of the Nigerian Bar Association who acted as observers in the polls.
He said the commission “adopted the principle of bi-location because of the exigencies” they found themselves.
The results were announced at the Ministry of Justice Hall at the State Secretariat complex, rather than the Commission’s office on Aba Road.
