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APP Wins 22 Out Of 23 Chairmanship Positions In the Rivers State LG Election

The Rivers state’s dramatic run-up to the local government election comes to a finalization on Saturday with the results declaration.

The result declared by the Rivers state resident electoral commission RSIEC  on Saturday shows that the Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State

The  Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Chief Electoral Officer,  Mr Adolphus Enebeli declared the results on Saturday in Port Harcourt,. The capital city of oil rich state.

However, the state electoral umpire suspended the declaration of results for Etche Local Government Area (LGA) because the collation is still ongoing.

The RSIEC chairman also said that announcement for the 319 councillorship seats will be announced alongside that of the Etche Chairmanship position when collations are concluded

He described the election as free, fair, and credible, despite all odds. According to him, polls were closed at 3 pm and recorded a large turnout of voters.

 

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