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Rivers: 18 suspects arrested for electoral malpractices

Eighteen suspects have been arrested in Rivers for electoral offenses ranging from snatching of ballot boxes, intimidation of Voters and hostage taking of electoral Officers in various parts of the state.

Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, the Coordinating Commissioner of Police in Rivers revealed this while speaking at INEC Collation Centre in Port Harcourt.

The Police Commissioner also warned against any form of violent protest over the results being announced in Rivers.

He said the Police would come down strong on people trying to disrupt peace in the state over result of the election.

He urged those who have issues with the election results to go and ventilate their misgivings at the Election Tribunal and not to take laws in their own hands.

CP Aderemi Adeoye declared that those taken hostage and the election materials snatched were all recovered from suspected political thugs

Meanwhile, there was a mild drama during the presentation of Gokana Local Government Area Returning Officer who presented different figures as compared with what he presented yesterday.

He was asked to go back to reconcile the noticed discrepancies.

See some of the results below
INEC Results
Bola Tinubu wins in Eleme,Emohua, Omuma, local government areas

Omuma LGA
Presidential results
65289 registered voters
10226 accredited voters
Accord 9
AA – 0
AAC – 2
ADC – 33
APP – 06
APC – 6,328
APGA 16
APM 4
APP 5
BOOT 3
LP 2,154
NNPP 15
NRM 5
PDP 1,293
PRP 2
SDP 62
YPP 6
ZLP 28
TVV – 9,971
REJECTED VOTES 236
TVC – 10207

Eleme LGA with 8,368 APC closely followed by

Peter Obi 7,529 Labour Party LP

Atiku Abubakar 2,391, PDP

Emohua LGA

9,145 APC
PDP–5,242
LP–4,239

Presidential Results from Eleme local government area of Rivers State.

Eleme Presidential election result

96,320 total registered voters
20,596 total accredited voters

Accord 32
AA 5
AAC 6
ADC 35
ADP 67
APC 8,368
APGA 33
APM 10
APP 8
BOOT 16
LP 7,529
NNPP 82
NRM 13
PDP 2,391
PRP 33
SDP 123
YPP 33
ZLP 92
Total Votes Verified,TVV – 18,876

REJECTED VOTES 1,720
Total Votes Counted, TVC 20,596.

Emohua LGA Presidential result.

11,8221 registered voters
21,092 accredited voters
Accord 28
AA 9
AAC 17
ADC 77
ADP 24
APC 9,145
APGA 43
APM 11
APP 82
BOOT 5
LP 4,239
NNPP 18
NRM 17
PDP 5,242
PRP 17
SDP 160
YPP 6
ZLP 59
TVV – 19,149
REJECTED VOTES- 1896
TVC 21045

Presidential results
Drama as Gokana collation officer conflicts results

Yesterday he reported
APC – 7,848
PDP – 10,031
LP – 2,086
Today he came with a different result
APC – 10,122
PDP – 8,484
LP – 2,215

Bonny LGA
Presidential results
83,378 registered voters
17,496 accredited voters

Accord – 29
AA – 7
AAC . 19
ADC . 90
ADP 34
APC 2,708
APGA 31
APM 22
APP 8
BOOT 15
LP 10,488
NNPP 87
NRM 174
PDP 2,406
PRP 11
SDP 88
YPP – 17
ZLP – 131
TVV – 16,365
REJECTED VOTES 1131
TVC 17,496

credit: PM News