Hon. Uzordinma Nwafor of The Action Alliance party has emerged victorious in chairmanship election of Etche Local Government Areas of Rivers State.
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, had revealed that the Action Peoples Party won 22 out of the 23 local governments during the election.
The Chief Election Officer of RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, revealed this in Port Harcourt, the state capital. However while declaring the results, Enebeli said the announcement was halted in Etche Local Government Area because the results collation was still ongoing.
Enebeli clarified that the result of Etche LGA and the 319 councillorship positions would be announced upon the conclusion of the collation. Upon conclusion the announced results for Etche was in favour Nwafor.
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