The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has declared the chairmanship candidates of the Action Peoples Party (APP) as winners of local government election in 22 of the 23 local government areas in the state.
The chairperson of the commission, Adolfus Enebeli, a retired judge in the state, made the declaration on Saturday in Port Harcourt.
The video of the declaration is posted on Facebook.
Mr Enebeli said the results were still being collated in Etche Local Government Area.
“About 18 of the registered political parties resident in Rivers State took part in the election.
“In keeping with extant regulations, the commission displayed voters register in all the 6,866 polling units in the state.”
Mr Enebeli said the commission remained unbowed and ensured that the 5 October election was sacrosanct, especially after the Supreme Court judgment in July and the judgment of Justice I.P.C Igwe of the Rivers State High Court.
“It is heartening that I stand before you today to affirm the smooth, free, fair and credible and transparent, all inclusive, successful, violence-free and most treasured conduct of Rivers State local government election despite all odds.”
He described results collation as “painstaking.”
The video did not show the commission declare the results of the councillorship election.
