Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Siminialayi Fubara has been declared the winner of the gubernatorial election in the state.
The state Returning Officer, Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh made the announcement on Monday night.
The results of the election were announced at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Head Office in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Fubara polled 302,614 votes to defeat Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 95,274 votes.
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Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Senator Magnus Abe, and Labour Party (LP)’s, Beatrice IItubo polled 46,981 and 22,224 votes respectively.
According to professor Rim-Rukeh, a total of 496,852 were accredited for the election out of the 3,537,190 registered voters in the state, adding that a total of 494,604 total votes were cast, 483,934 were valid while 10, 670 were rejected.
