Nyesom Wike: PDP governorship candidate in Rivers
Nigeria’s ruling party on Monday won back control of the key oil-producing state of Rivers, official results showed on Monday, after rigging claims by the main opposition.
Nyesom Wike, from President Goodluck Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party, won 1,029,102 votes, while Dakuku Peterside, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won 124,896, the electoral commission said.
The APC, which previously controlled the state, described the result as “a rape of democracy” but the PDP said it was a “a reflection of the people’s confidence” in them.
Rivers was a key battleground for both parties in the gubernatorial elections held …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
