Olusegun Ariyo
The Action Alliance candidate in Saturday’s election of Etche Local Government Areas of Rivers State, Hon. Uzordinma Nwafor, has been declared the winner.
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, had disclosed that the Action Peoples Party won 22 out of the 23 local governments during the election.
The Chief Election Officer of RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, disclosed this on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
While declaring the results, Enebeli said the announcement was suspended in Etche Local Government Area because the results collation was ongoing.
Enebeli clarified that the result of Etche LGA and the 319 councillorship positions would be announced upon the conclusion of the collation.
The announced results for Etche named Nwafor as the winner.