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2023 Guber Election: APC Loses Big Time to Wike's PDP in Buhari's Top Minister's LGA
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2023 Guber Election: APC Loses Big Time to Wike's PDP in Buhari's Top Minister's LGA

by  Nnenna Ibeh 1 min read

The immediate past minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi's party, the All Progressives Congress on Sunday, March 19, lost Ikwere Local Government Area of Rivers state to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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Daily Trust reports that Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers state lost his LGA to the outgoing governor and his successor, Nyesom Wike in the ongoing 2023 governorship election in the state.

Nyesom Wike, Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, PDP, APC, 2023 governorship election
Rotimi Amaechi lost his Local Government Area to Governor Nyesom Wike. Photo: Rivers state governor, APC
Source: UGC

Declaring the results of the poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the PDP polled 13,716 votes to defeat the APC which polled 7,503 votes in the governorship election in Rivers state.

In addition, the Accord Party garnered 138 votes while the Labour Party (LP) polled 895 votes and Social Democratic Party (SDP) 1,447 votes.

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Nnenna Ibeh Nnenna Ibeh is a journalist with over 10 years of experience with various media organisations including Premium Times. Being on the front burner of reporting politics and the different dimensions of governance, she is also passionate about girls' education and women's and children's health. With degrees in Journalism, Peace Studies & Conflict Res., and Dev. Studies, Nnenna has worked in the dev. sector as a communications officer for the Centre for Democracy and Dev. email: ibehnnenna@gmail.com

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