Rivers 2019 Governorship Election: Live Updates, Results And Situation Report

Today, 9 March 2019, the people of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria, will troop out to elect a governor as well as State House of Assembly representatives for another four years term.

Naija News understands that the electorates are expected to vote from a list of sixty-four (64) candidates for the post of a governor from and 558 House of Assembly candidates on the platform of the political parties. There are 3.22 million Registered voters in Rivers state.

In the build-up to the election, Incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, has popped up clearly as a top contender for the office of the governor.

Apart from Governor Wike, the leading governorship candidates of parties include, Dumo Lulu-Briggs (AP); Victor Fingesi (ADP); Isaac Wonwu (LP), Precious Elekima (SDP); Elem Chinweike of the Hope Democratic Party; (HDP) and Joseph Princewill for the Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN).

The election would take place in twenty-three (23) local government areas, three hundred and nineteen (319) electoral wards and four thousand, four hundred and forty-two (4442) polling units in the state.

Local government areas where the election will take place are: Port Harcourt, Obio-Akpor, Okrika, Ogu–Bolo, Eleme, Tai, Gokana, Khana, Oyigbo, Opobo–Nkoro, Andoni, Bonny, Degema, Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru, Abua–Odual, Ahoada West, Ahoada East, Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni, Emohua, Ikwerre, Etche, Omuma local government area.

Naija News is on ground to give you live updates from the election. Kindly keep refreshing the page to get all the latest updates.

Live reports from Rivers state:

5:44 pm: Unit 6, ward 4, Opobo/Nkoro LGA

Governorship election
AAC: 62
PDP: 33.

5:44 pm: Ward 1 (Kalaibiama), unit 014, Opobo/Nkoro LGA

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AAC: 55
PDP: 50.

11: 59 am: Voter turnout is low in PU14 and 15, ward 18, Port Harcourt LGA but the process is running smoothly.

11: 25 am: Reports of persons alleged to be SARS operatives carting away electoral materials at Ward 8, 12 and 1 in Asari Toru LGA.

9:28 am: Electoral process ongoing smoothly at unit 2, ward 9, Obior Akpor LGA.

9: 04 am: Electoral process commences at PU7, ward 9, Ohio/Akpor LGA. This is Governor Nyesom Wike’s polling unit.

8: 59 am: Voting commences at polling unit 9, ward 9, Port Harcourt but turnout is low. A party agent attributed the development to the delay experienced during the February 23 presidential election.