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PDP wins in Rivers re-run election

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    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won Saturday’s re-run election for state governor in Rivers, news agencies said. The PDP also won 42 out of 54 seats in the Rivers state assembly, Radio Nigeria-Kaduna, monitored by the BBC, said yesterday. The centre-left PDP had initially been reported to have won Rivers in the 9 January state elections, but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) later ordered a partial re-run there due to polling irregularities. Saturday’s victory brings to 20 the number of state governships won by the PDP, against nine for the All People’s Party (APP) and six for the Alliance for Democracy (AD), AFP said. Voting has not yet taken place in one state, Bayelsa, in the troubled Niger Delta region. Meanwhile, AFP said 60 people had been arrested in Rivers State for various electoral offences during Saturday’s polling, but half were later released.

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