The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has responded to a trending report claiming that Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), won the presidential election in Rivers State, rather than the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu.
According to the report, Obi garnered more votes than Tinubu in Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State, based on the results uploaded on the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV).
However, INEC announced that Tinubu emerged as the winner of the election, with 80,239 votes, while Obi received 3,829 votes.
Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 368 votes, while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party got 161 votes.
Reacting to the report, the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, said that commenting on an ongoing court case, which the report was related to, was “prejudicial.” He urged media organizations to refrain from commenting on such matters.
