Wike’s anointed candidate, Fubara declared winner of Rivers gov’ship poll
Similanayi Fubara, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of Rivers State gubernatorial election.
The Returning Officer, while announcing the result in Port Harcourt on Monday night, said Fubara garned 302,614 votes to defeat his closest rival of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Tonye Cole, who scored a total of 95,274 votes, while the SDP candidate, Senator Magnus Abe, came third with a total of 46,981 votes .
The PDP governorship candidate won in all the 23 local government areas of the State.
Below are the details of the election:
Total Registered Voters: 353,7190
Accredited voters: 496,852
A- 7,155
AA – 1,693
AAC – 386
ADC – 940
ADP – 925
APC – 95,274
APGA – 489
APM – 568
APP – 973
BP – 137
LP – 22,224
NNPP – 335
NRM – 2,258
PDP – 302,614
SDP – 46,981
YPP – 644
ZLP – 338
Total Valid Vote: 483,934
Total Rejected Vote: 10,670
Total Votes Cast: 494,604
