The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 20 Local Government Areas in Saturday’s council elections in Rivers State.
Also, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed only three LGAs in Rivers State.
APC also won the councillorship election in 20 LGAs, while the PDP claimed only three councils.
The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Dr. Michael Odey, announced the winners of the local government elections at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
This is the first time the APC would gain dominance in Rivers since the return of democracy in 1999.
Recall that only the APC and the PDP participated in the chairmanship or councillorship contests.
The list of winners released by RSIEC shows that some of the elected chairmen are returning for a second term, having previously served under the administration of former Governor Nyesom Wike.
The suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, lost his Opobo-Nkoro LGA to the APC.
Fubara and his supporters were absent during the elections on Saturday.
The results as declared by RSIEC are as follow:
LGAs won by APC:
- Abua/Odual: APC’s Owolabi won with 28,755 votes
- Ahoada East: Solomon –54,509 votes
- Ahoada West: Eugene Epelle — 84,125 votes
- Akuku Toru: Bob Fubara — 63,593 votes
- Andoni: Loveday Promise – 126,181 votes
- Asari Toru: George – 56,383 votes
- Bonny: Pepple Abinye- 13,543 votes
- Degema: Michael John Williams – 61,536 votes
- Eleme: Obari Ollor – 77,452 votes
- Emohua: Chidi Julius- 115,380 votes
- Etche: Chima Njoku -100,649 votes
- Gokana: Confidence Deekor – 96,478 votes
- Ikwerre: Charles Wobodo – 62,746 votes
- Khana: Bariere Thomas -156,027 votes
- Ogu/Bolo: Vincent Nieboka – 36,744 votes
- Okrika: Aluro Alfred – 32,285 votes
- Omuma: Obasi Ochechuku – 38,530 votes
- Opobo Nkoro: James A.James – 38,822 votes
- Oyigbo: Okechukwu Akara – 101,495 votes
- Tai: Okpe Mgbaapkone –70,080 votes
Councils that PDP triumphed:
- Obio/Akpor: Gift Worlu — 328,823 votes
- Ogba Egbema Ndoni: Shedrack Chuku -51,051 votes
- Port Harcourt City: Allwell Ihunda — 235,054 votes.
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike casting his ballot during the local government elections in Rivers State on Saturday.
