• PDP wins eight state constituencies, one House seat, APC victorious in one constituency
• Wike, Peterside’s security aides in shootout, one killed
• Amaechi, governor clash over ‘abducted’ collation officer
• Army explains arrest of SSG, police say four dead, 24 apprehended
By Ernest Chinwo, Segun James and Shola Oyeyipo in Port Harcourt
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the results of nine state constituencies and one federal constituency in which rerun elections were held in Nigeria’s oil hub, Rivers State, on Saturday, but the commission was forced to suspend the electoral process in all other constituencies in the state where results were not announced due to the widespread violence that marred the elections.
• Wike, Peterside’s security aides in shootout, one killed
• Amaechi, governor clash over ‘abducted’ collation officer
• Army explains arrest of SSG, police say four dead, 24 apprehended
By Ernest Chinwo, Segun James and Shola Oyeyipo in Port Harcourt
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the results of nine state constituencies and one federal constituency in which rerun elections were held in Nigeria’s oil hub, Rivers State, on Saturday, but the commission was forced to suspend the electoral process in all other constituencies in the state where results were not announced due to the widespread violence that marred the elections.