Tinubu wins Rivers APC primary by a wide margin

President Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress presidential primary in Rivers State.

Tinubu got a total of 280,082 votes while his opponent, Stanley Osifo, received no votes at all.

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who acted as the Returning Officer for the primary, announced the results on Saturday. He shared the results after gathering returns from Collation Officers in the 23 local government areas of the state.

Fubara said, "From after accreditation we had a total number of 280,082 votes cast. This votes cast is between the two contestants, His Excellency Bola Tinubu and Mr Stanley Osifo."

He continued, "From my tabulation, the total votes cast are in this order. His Excellency Bola Tinubu scored a total vote of 280,082. The other contestant, Mr Stanley, scored zero."

Fubara added, "I, Siminalayi Fubara, who is serving as State Collation Officer, hereby certify that the information contained in my spreadsheets in this form represent the true, correct and accurate record of the summary of results from the 23 local government areas."

He concluded, "We are to send this result to Abuja, but notwithstanding, it is practical that from what we have here, the winner is His Excellency Bola Tinubu."