Peter Obi in Ijawland
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last Saturday’s presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, has won one of the largest local government areas in Rivers State, Port Harcourt with 62,450 votes.
Obi won the Port Harcourt local government area with 62,450 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 7,203 votes and the All Progressives Congress (APC) 5,562 votes.
The returning officer, a lecturer with the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Omiete Olulu Briggs, was a subject of cheers and jabs as she presented the result.
But first, she had to defy snide remarks from some party agents to get to the collation centre and finally declared the result. She was accused of absconding for a long time and suddenly appear to present the result.
Some party agents accused her of doctoring the result.
Before she could declare the results, there was outrage and protest from some persons who claimed to be APC members as they tried to stop her and the Electoral Officer of the LGA from declaring the result.
It took the intervention of the Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, and other security agents present at the collation centre to restore sanity at the venue.
