Presidential election: Rivers state collation officer alleges threat to life, adjourns collation

The state collation officer for the presidential election (SCOPs) in Rivers State, Prof Charles Adias has adjourned the collation of results for February 25, 2023 election in the state over an alleged threat to his life by unnamed party supporters.

 

Adias who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otueke announced the adjournment while addressing journalists at the State Collation Centre in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday, February 28. He said the there have been threats made to his family members as well.

 

Although the Commissioner of Police of the Presidential Election in Rivers, Aderemi Adeoye, appealed to the SCOPs to reveal the names of those threatening his life, Adias insisted that he won’t proceed until the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state addressed some of the issues those threatening him raised include thato f faulty Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).

 

The state collation center has so far received results from 21 out of the 23 local government areas in the state. Results are expected from two local government areas – Obio-Akpor and Degema.

 

See the results so far collated from the different local governments in the state below…

 

1. AHOADA WEST LGA

 

APC 3443

LP 4634

PDP 2582

NNPP 11

 

2. TAI LGA

 

APC 9442

LP 485

PDP 1506

NNPP 18

 

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3. OPOBO-NKORO LGA

 

APC 5701

LP 2093

PDP 1542

NNPP 06

 

4. ELEME LGA

 

APC 8,368

LP 7,529

PDP 2,391

NNPP 82

 

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5. EMOUHA LGA

APC 9,145

LP 4,923

PDP 5,242

NNPP 18

 

6. GOKANA LGA

APC 10,122

LP 2,115

PDP 8,484

NNPP 31

 

7. OMUMA LGA

APC 6,328

LP 2,154

PDP 1,293

NNPP 13

 

8. BONNY LGA

APC 2,708

LP 10,488

PDP 2,406

NNPP 87

 

9. ABUA-ODUAL LGA

APC 5,653

LP 1,663

PDP 4,685

NNPP 09

 

10. OYIGBO LGA

APC 16,630

LP 10,784

PDP 1,046

NNPP 107

 

11. ASARI-TORU LGA

APC 14,483

LP 2,094

PDP 4,476

NNPP 09

 

12. ANDONI LGA

APC 3,306

LP 2,324

PDP 4,614

NNPP 18

 

13. OGBA/EGBEMA/NDONI LGA

APC 6057

LP 21,883

PDP 4,099

NNPP 109

 

14. AKUKU-TORU LGA

APC 3,182

LP 1,700

PDP 3,131

NNPP 14

 

15. IKWERRE LGA

APC 9,609

LP 8,752

PDP 4,869

NNPP 58

 

16. OKRIKA LGA

APC 2,729

LP 4,018

PDP 8,476

NNPP 34

 

17. OGU-BOLO LGA

APC 2,428

LP 1,209

PDP 3,187

NNPP 07

 

18. KHANA LGA

APC 7,649

LP 1,704

PDP 5,483

NNPP 47

 

19. ETCHE LGA

APC 8368

LP 11,232

PDP 5,919

NNPP 78

 

20. PORT HARCOURT CITY LGA

APC 5,562

LP 62,451

PDP 7,203

NNPP 301

 

21. AHOADA EAST LGA

APC 8,066

LP 5,379

PDP 2,358

NNPP 58