Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared President Bola Tinubu winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election in the state after polling a total of 280,468 votes across the 23 local government areas.
Fubara, who served as the State Coordinator and Collation Officer for the exercise, announced that Tinubu secured all votes cast during the primary, while his opponent, businessman Stanley Osifo, recorded zero votes in all councils announced.
Declaring the results, the governor commended party officials and stakeholders for ensuring a peaceful and well-coordinated exercise across the state.
According to him, the APC had 297,068 registered members recognised as legitimate voters for the primary, while 280,082 members were accredited and participated in the election.
“I have taken time to go through the figures diligently and I hereby certify that the information contained in this form represents the true, correct and accurate summary of results from the 23 local government areas,” Fubara stated.
The results showed that Obio/Akpor Local Government Area recorded the highest votes for Tinubu with 28,680 votes, followed by Port Harcourt City with 17,522 votes and Khana with 17,085 votes.
Other results announced included Eleme with 16,258 votes, Gokana with 16,652 votes, Etche with 15,930 votes, Ahoada East with 15,161 votes, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni with 14,669 votes and Emohua with 14,584 votes.
In Ikwerre Local Government Area, Tinubu polled 10,170 votes, while Oyigbo recorded 10,254 votes. Asari-Toru gave the APC candidate 9,961 votes, Akuku-Toru 9,586 votes and Andoni 8,879 votes.
Tai recorded 8,325 votes, Ogu/Bolo 7,491 votes, Degema 7,175 votes and Opobo/Nkoro 6,046 votes, while Bonny Local Government Area returned 5,892 votes, Omuma 5,364 votes and Okrika 11,124 votes.
Fubara added that although the final results would be transmitted to Abuja, the outcome from Rivers State clearly showed that President Tinubu emerged winner of the APC presidential primary in the state.
