Tag: #RiversRerun
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#RiversRerun: We beheaded DPO, his driver, threw their heads in river – Suspect
…says their bodies were buried in a shallow grave Following the setting up of a police team to investigate the murder of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Mohammed Alkali and his driver in the legislative rerun elections held in Rivers State on Saturday, December 10, a prime suspect, Chukwuemela Ekikeme has reportedly confessed to…
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#RiversRerun: Senate swears in 3 new Rivers senators, adjourns till January
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has administered oath of office on Senators Magnus Abe, George Sekibo and Osinakachukwu Ideozu, all newly elected senators from Rivers State. Recall that the three lawmakers were elected in the Rivers legislative re-run elections that held on Saturday. Mr. Abe represents Rivers South East; Mr. Sekibo; Rivers East;…
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#RiversRerun: We will reject result of Rivers East-Peterside
Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Monday said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would reject the result of Rivers East Senatorial District rerun election. Peterside told a news conference in Port Harcourt that the collation of the district’s election results was marred with irregularities. He said…
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BREAKING: #RiversRerun: PDP wins Rivers West Senatorial seat
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osinachukwu Ideozu in Saturday’s Rivers rerun election has been declared winner Rivers west senatorial district. Ideozu polled 107,166 votes to defeat Otelemaba Amachree, his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, who had 48,898 votes. Recall that PDP’s George Sekibo had earlier won Rivers East Senatorial District while APC’s…
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#RiversRerun: Disregard fictitious results – INEC warns
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said for the umpteenth time that only results announced by the Commission from the December 10 rerun election in Rivers State is authentic. Different versions of the results were being churned out on different media platforms on Sunday. However, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of South-South, Mustapha…
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#RiversRerun: Tension as result sheet in Amaechi’s unit misses
Voting has been suspended at unit 14 ward 8, Ubima community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, the unit of the Transportation Minister, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi. This followed the discovered that Form EC8A is missing. The development raised anxiety as angry youths apprehended the Presiding Officer, PO, Siminore Oshinokho. They urged him to provide…