ADC, PDP not on ballots as INEC declares APC candidates winners of Rivers assembly by-elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared two All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates as winners of Saturday’s by-elections in Rivers state.

The by-elections were conducted to fill vacant seats in the state house of assembly — Ahoada east constituency II and Khana constituency II.

Napoleon Ukalikpe of APC was declared winner of Ahoada east constituency II with 3,980 votes, while his closest challenger, Godstime Egor of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), scored 38 votes.

For the Khana constituency II seat, Bulabari Henrietta Loolo of APC won the poll with 7,647 votes, while Anthony Ndor of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), garnered 47 votes.

Ahoada east constituency II seat became vacant following the resignation of Ehie Edison, who is now the chief of staff (CoS) to Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state.

Dinebari Loolo’s death in September 2023 created the vacancy for the Khana constituency II seat in the Rivers house of assembly.

Meanwhile, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour Party (LP) were absent from the ballot sheets for the by-elections.