The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the 23 Chairmanship seats in the Rivers State Local Government Elections held yesterday in the state.

The Chairman, Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Retired Justice George Omereji announced this while addressing newsmen at the commissions’ headquarters in Port Harcourt on Sunday.

Retired Justice Omereji also added that the PDP won all the 319 councillorship positions in the state.

Details later…

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The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, informed that the personnel would be supported by operatives to be deployed by other security agencies.

Omoni added that the Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Eboka Friday, who is also the Chairman of Inter-Agency Consultative Forum on Election Security for the poll, has barred highly placed individuals, including politicians from going to the polling stations with their security aides.

He declared that the police would block all entry and exit points of Rivers and prevent movement of persons on both land and waterways within the state from Friday midnight till after the election.

The force spokesperson urged the people of the state to cooperate with the police who have a duty to provide a conducive environment for everyone to exercise their right to vote and be voted for in a free, fair, and transparent manner.

On Saturday, the people of Rivers would go to the 4,442 polling units across the 319 wards in the 23 local government areas to elect their chairmen and councillors for the next three years.

Ahead of the poll, the state governor, Nyesom Wike had on Thursday warned residents against disrupting the election in a state-wide broadcast .

He had directed the police authorities to arrest and prosecute anyone caught causing trouble in any part of the state.

The governor said the police and the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission have been adequately supported by the state government to discharge their duties effectively.

He had also announced the restriction of human and vehicular movement from midnight of Friday till the end of voting at 5pm on Saturday, except persons and vehicles on essential duties with genuine means of identification.

Governor Wike assured the people that the state government was determined to create an enabling environment for all citizens to exercise their voting right.

He advised the leadership of the 17 political parties that would participate in the election to ensure their members were law-abiding.

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A statement posted on Governor Nyesom Wike’s twitter handle further disclosed that the decision was with ‘immediate effect’.

Also, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the institution, Professor Magnus Oruwari, was relieved of his appointment.

The university’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Professor Opuenebo Owei, was appointed as the acting vice-chancellor.

Governor Wike also suspended the ongoing employment exercise at the institution.

He, thereafter, set up a committee to investigate the exercise and submit its report in two weeks.

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Wike, who has been declared by INEC as the winner of the Rivers Governorship Election polled 886,264 votes to beat his closest opponent, Mr. Awara of the AAC.

INEC had, on March 10, suspended the collation of the results of the election in the state citing electoral violence.

The Returning officer, Professor Teddy Adias of the Niger Delta University Otuoke, Bayelsa state, made the declaration.

Professor Adias noted that the total registered Voters were 3048741, explaining that the total accredited votes were 1130445 and the total valid votes were 1102823.  The total votes cast were 1123840.

Professor Adias also stressed that the total number of registered voters in places where elections did not hold is 249324.

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The governors, however, did not give details of what they discussed with the President, but Seriake Dickson who spoke to journalists hinted that they discussed issues of interest to their respective states and the country at large.

Dickson further described the meeting as robust, stressing that President Buhari promised to look into the issues.

Yet, he did not state what the issues are.

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The governor, at a press conference held at the Government House in Port Harcourt said the academy will positively project the state to the world.

Wike added that Real Madrid is a world class football outfit known across the globe and that the citing of its academy in the state followed series of discussions with management of the club, who won the Champions League last Saturday in Kiev after defeating Liverpool 3-1.

The press briefing to flag off the construction of the academy had in attendance, Real Madrid Ambassador, Ricardo Gallego; President of International Sports Press Association, Mr Gianni Merlo; among others.

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Wike registered his position while reacting to the approval given by the Governor’s Forum to the Federal Government for the withdrawal of $1billion from the Excess Crude Account for the fight against insurgency.

Governor Wike informed newsmen that after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja that while he supports the fight against insurgency, the approval by the Governor’s Forum is illegal.

With out giving much details, Wike, further disclosed that the purpose of his visit was to brief the president about security issues in his state.

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According to him, this is to enhance that Nigeria’s democracy is being preserved.

The governor, while receiving New Telegraph Man of the Year Award in Lagos gave this assurance.

Wike also recalled that his government had upon assuming office in 2015, embarked on several laudable initiatives that were of direct benefit to the people in Rivers state.

The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Mrs Ipalibo Banigo, boasted that Rivers State will take the lead for others to follow.

The state’s Chief Executive also promised to always promote credible opposition in the interest of the growth of Nigeria’s democracy.

“I want to say that my administration will continue to deliver quality projects and programmes to the good people of Rivers State”, said Governor Wike.

The governor, however stressed that aside from promoting good governance, he will work for the enthronement of the rule of law in the country.

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