The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won its first Local Government Area in Rivers State despite Nyesom Wike’s Opposition.
The candidate was declared winner of the just-concluded 2023 presidential election in Okrika LGA by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Atiku garnered a total of 8,476 votes to defeat Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates, Peter Obi and Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who scored 4,018 votes and 2,729 votes respectively.
Okrika, headquarters of the LGA, is the hometown of former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, and the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo.
