The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has resumed collation of results for the
governorship poll in Rivers state.
On March 10, INEC had suspended
all electoral processes in the state as a result of violence and widespread
disruption of collation of results.
The commission later announced
that the results of 17 local government areas were intact, and it rescheduled
collation for April 2 to April 5. INEC had also scheduled supplementary
election in the remaining six local government areas for April 13.
So far, results from about three
local government areas have been announced at the collation centre in Port
Harcourt.
In Ikwerre local government area
where Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation hails from, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) polled 14, 938 while the African Action Congress (AAC)
polled 5, 660. PDP also won Port Harcourt local government area with 40, 197
votes, and AAC polled 11, 866.
The contest is mainly between
Nyesom Wike, incumbent governor and candidate of the PDP and Awara Biokpomabo,
candidate of the AAC.
The AAC candidate is being backed
by Amaechi. On the eve of the March 9 gubernatorial election, Amaechi had
directed his supporters to vote for Biokpomabo.
Earlier, an Abuja high court
dismissed a suit filed by the AAC seeking to stop INEC from collating the
results. Inyang Ekwo, the judge, held that since the case was related to
election, it was appropriate for the plaintiffs to take their case before an
election tribunal.
Abua Odual, Ahoada West, Gokana,
Khana, Asari Toru and Degema are the six local government areas where
supplementary election is expected to hold.
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