Elections: Live Updates From Rivers State Guber Polls, Clash Of the Titans

Today, 9 March 2019, the general population of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria, will troop out to choose a senator just as State House of Assembly delegates for an additional four years term.

Tapoutnews comprehends that the electorates are relied upon to cast a ballot from a rundown of thirty-three (64) contender for the post of a senator from and 558 House of Assembly applicants on the stage of the ideological groups. There are 3.22 million Registered voters in Rivers state.

In the development to the decision, Incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria's primary restriction party, has sprung up obviously as a best contender for the workplace of the representative.

Aside from Governor Wike, the main governorship applicants of gatherings incorporate, Dumo Lulu-Briggs (AP); Victor Fingesi (ADP); Isaac Wonwu (LP), Precious Elekima (SDP); Elem Chinweike of the Hope Democratic Party; (HDP) and Joseph Princewill for the Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN).

The race would occur in twenty-three (23) neighborhood government territories, three hundred and nineteen (319) discretionary wards and four thousand, four hundred and forty-two (4442) surveying units in the state.

Neighborhood government regions where the decision will happen are: Port Harcourt, Obio-Akpor, Okrika, Ogu– Bolo, Eleme, Tai, Gokana, Khana, Oyigbo, Opobo– Nkoro, Andoni, Bonny, Degema, Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru, Abua– Odual, Ahoada West, Ahoada East, Ogba– Egbema– Ndoni, Emohua, Ikwerre, Etche, Omuma nearby government zone