Sir Siminalayi Fubara is declared winner of the 2023 Rivers State governorship election. The PDP candidate scored 304,553 votes to defeat his closest opponent Tonye Cole of APC who got 94,322 votes.
Siminialayi Fubara, declared winner and returned elected as Governor of Rivers State. 2023.
Dez Mayorz Media can report that the State Returning Officer, Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh announced the result late Monday night at the end of the two days collation at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Head Office in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The PDP candidate polled 302,614 votes to defeat his closet rival Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 95,274 votes while the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Senator Magnus Abe, and Labour Party (LP)’s, Beatrice Itubo came a distant third and fourth with 46,981 and 22,224 votes respectively.
Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources said a total of 496,852 were accredited for the March 18 governorship election out of the 3,537,190 registered voters in the State.
He explained that of the 494,604 total votes cast, 483,934 were valid while 10, 670 were rejected votes.
Aside from the PDP, party agents at the State Collation Centre rejected the results, saying the figures were allegedly allocated.
The party agents alleged that the results announced at the state collation centre, didn’t tally with both what they have at hand and what their agents submitted to them.
Fubara was anointed by the incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike who is in the last weeks of his two-term of eight years.
Already, there is jubilation at the Rivers State Govt House and other LGA in Rivers State following the declaration.
Amaopusenibo Siminalayi “Sim” Fubara, was the former accountant general (from December 23, 2020, to May 2022) of Rivers State, Nigeria. He is the flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party for the 2023 governorship election in Rivers State. He was born in Opobo Town in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He was born in Opobo Town in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State. He studied Accountancy at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology. He got his MBA and MSc in 2013 and 2016 respectively from the University of Port Harcourt.
Sim started his career in 2003 as a principal accountant with the Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board. He rose to the position of director of finance and accounts at the State’s government house in 2015 and rose to the position of permanent secretary in March 2020. He was appointed the accountant general of Rivers State on December 23, 2020, up till May 2022, when he won the People’s Democratic Party governorship primaries for the 2023 general elections. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management, Fellow of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria.
Fubara is a knight of St. Christopher (KSC) Order of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion. He holds the traditional chieftaincy title of Amaopu-Senibo of the Opobo Kingdom. He is married and has three children.
Fubara is a knight of St. Christopher (KSC) Order of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion. He holds the traditional chieftaincy title of Amaopu-Senibo of the Opobo Kingdom. He is married and has three children.
FINAL RESULTS FROM THE 23 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF RIVERS STATE.
Final results for Opobo/Nkoro LGA.
APC 1,426
PDP 11,538
SDP 159
2. Oyigbo LGA final Governorship Results
PDP 9,886
APC 2,793
SDP 796
LP 2688
3. Final Results from Ogu-Bolo Local Government.
PDP 7,103
APC 1,524
SDP 310
4. Rivers Decide Tal lga governorship result.
PDP 9,276
APC 295
SDP 508
5. Rivers governorship result for Gokana
PDP 17,455
APC 7,410
SDP 13,840
6. Rivers Decide. Etche LGA governorship result:
PDP – 16,043
APC – 6408
SDP – 2586
7. Rivers State Ikwerre LGA, governorship result
PDP – 13,716
APC – 7,503
SDP – 1,447
8. Rivers State Eleme LGA, governorship result
PDP – 8,414
APC – 2,662
SDP – 2,251
9. Rivers Decide Khana LGA, governorship result
PDP – 9,475
APC – 5,846
SDP – 620
10. Rivers Decide Onelga LGA governorship result.
PDP – 17,729
APC – 6,840
11. Rivers Decide Andoni lga governorship result.
PDP – 8,319
APC – 3,149
12. Rivers Decide, Abua Odual lga governorship result
PDP – 9763
APC – 5738
13. Rivers Decide Ahoada east governorship result.
PDP – 14,408
APC – 2,650
14. Tivers Decide OKRIKA LGA governorship result
PDP – 10,340
APC – 2,719
SDP – 822
15. Bonny lga governorship result.
PDP 8,032
APC 3,285
SDP 559
16. Rivers Decide Omuma lga governorship result
APC 2,127
PDP 8,760
SDP 804
17. Rivers Decide Emohua lga governorship result.
PDP – 20,600
APC – 5,916
SDP – 805.
18. Rivers Decide Phalga governorship result.
PDP – 29, 592
APC – 8,954
SDP – 3,974
19. Rivers decide Degema governorship result.
PDP – 4,437
APC – 3,107
SDP – 579
20. Rivers decide Akuku-Toru LGA, governorship Results
PDP – 6,273
APC – 3,724
SDP – 222
21. Rivers Decide, Obio Akpor governorship result.
PDP – 45,065
APC – 7,361
SDP – 3,056
22. Rivers Decides Ahoada West LGA Governorship results.
PDP – 5,666
APC -3,938
SDP -916
23. Rivers Decide, Asari-Toru
PDP = 12, 663
APC = 4, 209
The last and final result.
PDP won all the 23 LGAs, Congratulations.
