Wike Is Rivers Governor-elect

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the former minister of state for Education and governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, as the winner of the April 11 governorship elections.

Announcing the results at about 4:13 am on Monday, at the INEC office in Port Harcourt, the Returning Officer for the state and Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, Faraday Osasere Oruwese, said Wike earned 1,029,102 votes representing 87.77 per cent to emerge as the winner of a violence marred contest.

According to the result, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state, Dakuku Peterside, came second with 124,896 while candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Tonye Princewill, came third with 10,142 votes.