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Sir Siminaliayi Fubara, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been declared the winner of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Rivers state.
Fubara was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) (late at night) on Monday, March 20.
Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, INEC Returning Officer in Rivers confirmed that PDP’s Similaliayi Fubara won all 23 LGAs in the state. Photo: Governor Nyesom Wike
During the declaration, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, the INEC Returning Officer, revealed that the PDP bannerman cleared all 23 local governments of the state, polling 302,614 votes to dust his opponent Tonye Cole of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who polled 95,274.
Elsewhere, Senator Magnus Abe of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party (LP) settle for third and fourth place, polling 46,981 and 22,224 votes, respectively.
the total number of accredited voters for the Rivers state gubernatorial polls stood at 496,852, while registered voters stood at 3,537,190.
SB E-news.
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