BREAKING: Tinubu takes Rivers state from Peter Obi, Atiku

BREAKING: Tinubu takes Rivers state from Peter Obi, Atiku

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has won the presidential election in Rivers State with a total of 231,584 votes.

Tinubu defeated his closest rival and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who garnered a total of 178,039 votes from all local government areas of the the State.

The presidential of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, came a distant third by securing a total of 88,471 votes.

Source: Legit.ng

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