The candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC,
for Rivers South East
senatorial district election,
Magnus Abe, has been
returned winner.
Mr. Abe becomes the first
Senator-elect in the Rivers
rerun polls held on Saturday.
Mr. Abe was declared winner
by the INEC returning officer
on Sunday evening.
He polled a total of 125,938
votes to defeat Olaka Nwogu
of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, who garnered.
25,394 votes, INEC said.
characterised the elections
including with active
connivance of security
officials.
Abe urges PDP to accept his
victory
In his victory speech, Mr. Abe
urged his opponents not to
challenge his victory as
declared by INEC, saying the
people of the state had
suffered.
At least three people died in
the Saturday’s elections, and
more died in the previous
polls.
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