Governor Nyesom Wike has been declared the winner of the Rivers State governorship election of March 9, 2019.
Wike is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The Returning Officer of the state, Professor Teddy Adias, made the declaration in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
Wike polled 886,264 votes to defeat Biokpomabo Awara of the African Alliance Congress, AAC, who polled 173,859 votes.
The difference between the votes by winner, Wike and Awara is 712,405.
The Returning Officer said the total number of registered voters was 3,048,741; accredited voters 1,130,445; valid votes cast 1,102,823; total votes cast, 1,123,840 and voided votes, 249,324.