Explainer: What INEC’s 2023 results in Rivers and Delta actually show

By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA – Rivers and Delta states, neighbours in the South-South, backed different presidential candidates in the February 25, 2023 election, according to results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won Rivers, while Peter Obi, who ran on the Labour Party, LP, ticket, won Delta.
Rivers: Tinubu ahead by 56,520 votes
Tinubu polled 231,591 votes in Rivers, ahead of Obi’s 175,071. That put the APC candidate 56,520 votes clear of the runne...