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By Joel Anekwe
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began collating results for the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Rivers State on Tuesday, the results so far declared show the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and incumbent governor, Nyesom Wike, gaining a strong lead over his closest rival, African Action Congress’s Biokpomabo Awara
Out of the fifteen local government areas collated, Wike, who is seeking a second term in office, won in 13, with Awara winning the remaining two.
Wike got the highest votes in Andoni, Ikwerre, Port Harcourt City, Eleme, Opobo/Nkoro, Bonny, Okrika, Tai, Omuma, Ahoada East, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Emohua and Etche local government areas, while Awara gained victory in Oyigbo and Akuku-Toru LGAs.
This is as the Federal High Court in Abuja earlier on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by the AAC and three of its members seeking to stop INEC from concluding the collation of the results of the March 9, 2019 governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.
Justice Inyang Ekwo upheld the preliminary objection filed by the PDP to challenge the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case, while agreeing with the PDP that the Federal High Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case seeking post-election prayers which could only be entertained by an election petitions tribunal.
A breakdown of the results is shown below:
Election Collation Update
IKWERRE LGA
AAC – 5,660; PDP – 14,938
No election in two out of the 13 wards in the LGA.
PORT HARCOURT CITY LGA
AAC – 11,866; PDP – 40,197
OYIGBO LGA
AAC – 32,026; PDP – 8,652
OPOBO NKORO LGA
AAC – 3,888; PDP – 6,318
BONNY LGA
AAC – 3,046; PDP – 10,551
Two, out of 12, wards were canceled
ELEME LGA
AAC – 2,748; PDP – 9,560
ANDONI LGA
AAC – 5,335; PDP – 92,056
OKRIKA LGA
AAC – 3,803; PDP – 25,572
AKUKU TORU
AAC – 36,661; PDP – 25,765
OMUMA
AAC – 1,853; PDP – 15,792
TAI LGA
AAC – 540; PDP – 47,652
AHOADA EAST
AAC – 3,713; PDP – 14,589
EMOHUA LGA
AAC – 2,856; PDP – 71,522
ETCHE LGA
AAC – 7,437; PDP – 11,842
ONELGA
AAC – 8,423; PDP – 31,277
