Blessing Iruoma, Port Harcourt
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area in Rivers state in the Presidential elections which is the LGA of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Siminialaye Fubara.
The APC won the election with 5,701 votes, while PDP had 1,542 votes, and Labour Party had 2,093 votes, occupying second position in the results.
The result was announced by the Returning Officer, Prof Paul Chukwuogwo, at the 2023 general election state collation centre, held at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Port Harcourt.
Other LGA announced include, Ahoada West, Tai and Gokana.
Announcing the result for Ahoada West, the Returning Officer, Prof Cheta Williams, said APC had 3443 votes, PDP 2582 votes, LP 4634 votes and SDP got 147 votes.
Also, the returning officer for Tai LGA, Williams Chinedu, announced that APC had 9442 votes, PDP 1506, LP 485 and SDP 128 votes.
On Gokana LGA, the State Returning Officer, Prof Williams Addias declined the result over inconsistent in the result presented by the returning officer, Prof Robinson Monday. He was asked to reconcile before submitting back to the collation officers.
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