Rivers LG Polls: APC Sweeps 20 Chairmanship Seats, PDP Wins 3

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has declared the results of Saturday’s Local Government Area (LGA) chairmanship elections, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) winning 20 out of 23 LGAs.

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured victories in only three councils: Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City (PHALGA), and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA). In a notable upset, Governor Siminalayi Fubara lost his own Opobo-Nkoro LGA to the APC.

RSIEC Chairman, Dr. Michael Odey, announced the official results on Sunday at the commission’s headquarters along Aba Road, Port Harcourt.

Official Results by LGA:

• Abua-Odual – APC (Ofori Owoalabi) – 28,755 votes
• Ahoada East – APC (Solomon Achoma) – 54,509 votes
• Ahoada West – APC (Eugene Epelle) – 84,125 votes
• Akuku-Toru – APC (Bob Fubara) – 63,593 votes
• Andoni – APC (Lucky Promise) – 126,181 votes
• Asari-Toru – APC (George Onegiyeofori) – 56,383 votes
• Bonny – APC (Abinye Blessing Pepple) – 13,543 votes
• Degema – APC (Michael John Williams) – 61,536 votes
• Eleme – APC (Obarilomate Ollor) – 77,452 votes
• Emohua – APC (Chidi Lloyd) – 114,380 votes
• Etche – APC (Njoku Boniface) – 100,649 votes
• Gokana – APC (Dekor Confidence) – 96,478 votes
• Ikwerre – APC (Charles Wobodo) – 62,746 votes
• Khana – APC (Bariere Thomas) – 156,027 votes
• Obio-Akpor – PDP (Gift Worlu) – 328,823 votes
• Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) – PDP (Shedrack Ogbogu) – 51,051 votes
• Ogu-Bolo – APC (Vincent Nemioboka) – 36,374 votes
• Okrika – APC (Akuro Tobin) – 32,285 votes
• Omuma – APC (Obasi Uchechukwu) – 38,530 votes
• Opobo-Nkoro – APC (Jame A. Jame) – 38,822 votes
• Oyigbo – APC (Okechukwu Akara) – 101,495 votes
• Port Harcourt City (PHALGA) – PDP (Allwell Ihunda) – 235,054 votes
• Tai – APC (Mbakpone Okpe) – 70,080 votes

With this outcome, the APC now dominates the majority of local government councils in Rivers State, marking a major political shift in the state’s grassroots leadership.