Rivers Rerun: PDP takes lead as more results are announced

The Peoples Democratic Party
has overtaken the All
Progressives Congress as the
Independent National
Electoral Commission on
Tuesday declared results of
more constituencies in the
Rivers State legislative rerun
elections.
The process is now in its
fourth day, and will extend to
the fifth at least. Out of the
21 constituencies that went
into the elections, final
results of 12 have been
declared with the PDP leading
as of Tuesday evening.
JUST EVENTS

 earlier
reported how both parties
stood after results of 10
constituencies were declared.
At the time, PDP had two
senatorial seats, two Reps
seats and one State Assembly
seat, while APC had one
senatorial seat, two Reps seats
and two State Assembly seats.
But results of two more
constituencies – one federal
constituency and one state
constituency – were
announced later Tuesday and
PDP won the two.
In Opobo/Andoni/Nkoro
federal constituency, PDP’s
Awji Abante won with 16,234
votes, having defeated APC’s
Samson Egop with 15,343.
In Andoni state constituency,
PDP won with 10,729 to come
ahead of APC that had 7,369.
As it stands, PDP has seven
and APC follows with five.
PDP has two senatorial
districts Rivers East and
Rivers West), three federal
constituencies (Okrika/Ogu-
Bolo, Opobo/Andoni/Nkoro,
and Asari-Toru/Akuku-Toru)
and two state constituencies
(Andoni and Bonny).
PDP clinched one senatorial district that
is Rivers South East, two federal
constituencies (Gokana/Khana and Tai/
Oyigbo/Eleme), and two state
constituencies (Khana II and Gokana).
Nine results are still being expected from
three federal constituencies and six state
constituencies.
Ikwere/Emohua, Degema/Bonny, and
Etche/Omuma federal constituencies are
the remaining three from which final
results are still being expected.
Also, Eleme, Asari-Toru I, Asari-Toru II,
Etche II, Ikwere, and Degema are the
remaining six state constituencies who
results are being awaited.
The delay is a consequence of the
widespread violence that marred the
polls, INEC’s National Commissioner,
Mustapha Lecky, said during a press
conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.