Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has declared results of 22 chairmanship candidates of the Action Peoples Party (APP) as winners in the 5th October, 2024 Local Government Elections.

This according to him, is coming after collation of their results, and scored majority of valid votes cast in the election in two-third of their respective wards in the 22 Local Government Areas.

Justice Enebeli explained that the result of the chairmanship position for Etche Local Government Area was stood down by the commission to be announced at a later date.

Some political parties and observers commended rsiec on the conduct of the election.

RSIEC Chairman stated that the election was conducted in all 6,866 units in the 319 political wards with 18 out of 19 political parties participating.