Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned Saturday's local government elections in Rivers State, describing the exercise as "an awful absurdity" and urging opposition parties to reject the outcome.
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission RSIEC had earlier announced the results on Sunday, declaring the All Progressives Congress APC victorious in 20 out of 23 local government areas LGAs, while the Peoples Democratic Party PDP won three LGAs, including Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City PHALGA, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni ONELGA. Governor Siminalayi Fubara notably lost his Opobo-Nkoro LGA to the APC.
Reacting in a statement released his official X handle, Atiku said the conduct of the polls undermined Nigeria's democracy.