Nyesom Wike, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in the Rivers state governorship election, has won another term.
At the end of the final collation of 21 local government
areas announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wike
polled 886,264 votes ahead of Biokpomabo Awara, candidate of the African
Alliance Congress (AAC), who garnered 173,859 votes.
The PDP candidate polled a total of 712,405 votes ahead of
his closest rival. Rotimi Amaechi,
minister of transportation, had declared support for Awara since the All
Progressives Congress (APC) was ineligible to field candidates in the
elections.
