Wike & Governor Wike loose polling units to relatively unknown party, APP in Rivers state local government council election
The Action People’s Party (APP) has a secured a landslide victory in the Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area elections, with Rt. Hon. (Dr) Enyiada Cookey-Gam emerging as the winner of the Chairmanship election.
Agenda Papers reports that Opobo/Nkoro is the hometown of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The APP has also won the councillorship elections, winning all 11 wards in the local government area.
At the last count APP has won 22 out of 23 local government areas.
Recall that police did everything humanly possible to frustrate the conduct of the election but Governor Fubara stamped his foot on the ground and insisted on the conduct of the election.
