- Safiu Kehinde
The All Peoples Party (APP) has swept 22 out of the 23 local government areas at the concluded Rivers state LG election.
NPO Reports that APP is backed by Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers who is locked in a battle with his predecessor Nyesom Wike.
Loyalists of the Governor have contested on the platform of the APP with the crisis in the People’s Democratic Party.
The PDP is fully controlled by Wike.
APP recorded massive victory following the declaration of results by the Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, on Saturday.
However the election was yet to be concluded as announcement is suspended in Etche Local Government Area because the collation of results was still ongoing.
Enebeli disclosed that the results for Etche LGA will be declared alongside that of the 319 councillorship seats at a later date.
The election has been subject of controversies ranging from refusal of police to provide security for the election and protests by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the conduct of the elections.