BREAKING: Wike wins Rivers governorship election

Nyesom Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been declared winner of March 9 governorship election in the state.

Wike polled 886,264 votes to defeat his closest rival, Biokpomabo Awara of African Action Congress (AAC) who scored 173,859 votes.

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) concluded collation and announced the winner on Wednesday.

The results show that Wike won by a margin of 712,405.

Details later…