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Rivers South: INEC declares APC’s Abe winner

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Magnus Abe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of Rivers South East senatorial district election.
Returning officer, Professor Gideon Onuekwusi said Senator Abe polled 125938, to beat his closest opponent, Olaka Nwogu of the PDP who polled 25394 votes.
Candidate of the Labour Party in the race, Kingsley Okechukwu scored 549. Okey Ude of NNPP scored 96, and Brown Elfreda of UDP scored 99.

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