Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has been declared the winner of the state’s governorship election.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, the People’s Democratic Party candidate, Wike, polled 886,264 votes against his closest rival Awara Biokpomabo, governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), who scored polled 173,859.
The exercise was suspended by the electoral body on March 10 following reports of violence in the state.
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