Finally, election results show that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Nyesom Wike, the incumbent governor of Rivers State has defeated his closest rival, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Biokpomabo Awara.
From the total result, Wike polled 888,264 votes to beat the candidate of the AAC who polled 137,859 votes.
INEC’s collation officer for the governorship election, Prof. Teddy Adias, on Wednesday declared the PDP candidate, Nyesom Wike as winner having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes.