File photo: Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Sunday, declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olaka Nwogu, as the winner of the Rivers South East Senatorial District bye-election conducted on Saturday.
Only four political parties and their candidates were cleared by the INEC to contest the June 20 bye-election, including the All Progressives Congress, the People’s Democratic Party, Action Alliance and the Labour Party
The Bye-election followed the death of the former representative of the Senatorial District, Senator Barry Mpigi, who passed on in February this year.
The poll was contested in seven local government areas that make up the Rivers South-East District. They are Khana, Gokana, Tai. Eleme, Andoni. Oyigbo and Opobo.
