The Action Peoples Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship seats out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State.
The Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Justice Adolphus Enebeli declared the results on Saturday in Port Harcourt.
He said the announcement is suspended in Etche Local Government Area because the collation of results is still ongoing.
According to him, the results for Etche LGA will be declared alongside that of the 319 councillorship seats at a later date.
Earlier in the day, Aaron Chukwuemeka, the Rivers PDP chairman, warned that announcing results could incite violence.
“We can’t support or promote lawlessness or impunity in any form whatsoever, even though we are the ruling party in Rivers state,” he said.
“The proper court judgments must be obeyed as we cannot choose or pick which order of court to obey or not to obey.”
With the APP’s victory, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has regained control of Rivers State.
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