The Action Alliance candidate, Uzodinma Nwafor, has been declared the winner of the chairmanship election in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The Chairman of Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd.), made the declaration on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Enebili also revealed that the AA also clinched all the 19 councillor positions in the local government.
The Action People’s Party (APP) had earlier won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State.
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The Chief Electoral Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Adolphus Enebeli declared the results on Saturday in Port Harcourt.
However, the state electoral umpire suspended the declaration of results for Etche Local Government Area (LGA) because the collation is ongoing.
The RSIEC chairman also said that announcement for the 319 councillorship seats will be announced alongside that of the Etche Chairmanship position when collations are concluded.