The Action Peoples Party (APP) has won 22 of 23 chairmanship positions in Rivers local government elections.
Adolphus Enebeli, chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), announced the results of the elections on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.
Enebeli said the result of the remaining LGA — Etche — will be announced at a later date because collation was still ongoing.
Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers, had recently directed his loyalists to defect to the APP to contest the election.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers had earlier cautioned against the declaration of the results.
Aaron Chukwuemeka, the Rivers PDP chairman, warned that announcing results could incite violence.
Victor Giadom, APC chairman in the south-south, said the party boycotted the election because of discrepancies with the existing laws.
