The All Progressives Congress has won 20 of the 23 local government areas in Saturday’s Chairmanship and Councillorship elections.
The ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party, on the other hand, won only three LGAs in the poll conducted by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara also lost his Opobo-Nkoro LGA to the main opposition party in the state.
The RSIEC Chairman, Dr Michael Odey, announced the results at the commission’s Headquarters along Aba Road in Port Harcourt on Sunday afternoon.
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Results Of RIVERS LG COUNCIL ELECTION:
Ahoada East 84,125 votes APC
Akuku Toru LGA 63,593 APC
Andoni 126, 181 APC
Asari Toru LGA 56,383 APC
Bonny LGA 13,543 APC
Degema LGA 61,536 APC
Eleme LGA 77,452 APC
Emohua LGA 115,380
Etche 100, 649 APC
Gokana LGA 96,478 APC
Ikwerre LGA 62,746 APC
Khana LGA 156,027 APC
Obioa Akpor 328,888 PDP
ONELGA 51,051 PDP
Ogu Bolo LGA 36,374 APC
OKRIKA LGA 82,285 APC
Opobo Nkoro LGA 38,822 APC