Citing electoral violence in some parts of the state, INEC suspended the collation process on Sunday, March 10.
PDP's Nyesom Wike in early lead as INEC resumes collation of results in Rivers
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Rivers governorship election which held on March 9, 2019, Gov. Nyesom Wike, has taken an early lead as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) resumes collation of results in the capital city of Port Harcourt.
Nyesom Wike voting during the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections at Ward (PremiumTimes)
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![Monday Okpebholo and Asue Ighodalo are the candidates for the APC and PDP, respectively, in the upcoming Edo governorship poll. [X/Facebook]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Monday Okpebholo and Asue Ighodalo are the candidates for the APC and PDP, respectively, in the upcoming Edo governorship poll. [X/Facebook]")
The electoral body also announced a schedule of activities for the resumption of the exercise to hold between April 2 and 5.
![Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike [guardian]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'640'%20height%3D'360'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike [guardian]")
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike [guardian]
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According to NAN, Wike is leading in eight local government areas from the 10 out of 17 results so far announced.
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The PDP candidate won in Port Harcourt City, Omuma, Ikwere, Andoni, Eleme, Opobo -Nkoro, Okirika and Bonny Local Government Areas (LGAs) with a total of 249,397 votes.
Results from the remaining seven LGAs are still being awaited as at the time of filing this story.
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