Following the announcement of most of the Local Government Areas ballots in Rivers State, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, is in clear lead over his counterpart, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Haven announced presidential results of 21 Local Government Areas of Rivers State out of 23, the former Governor of Lagos State is trailing the former Governor of Anambra State even though he has been victorious in more of the LGA's.
Peter Obi have won only 5 of those LGA's but have polled a total of 170,052 votes while Bola Ahmed Tinubu have won 13 of those LGA's but have polled just 148,977 votes with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar winning in 3 LGA's with just 83,966 votes.
The large number of votes garnered by Obi in just 5 local government areas is all thanks to his votes from Port Harcourt City LGA, Rivers LGA which has the second highest voters population.
Results for Degema and highest polling Obio/Akpor LGAs are the only ones left to determine who won Rivers in the 2023 presidential elections.
SOURCE: VANGUARD NEWS
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