By Egufe Yafugborhi

PORT HARCOURT – LABOUR Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has overtaken All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Rivers state on the presidential elections with results of 21 of the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) released so far.

Obi who has won only five of the 21 LGAs so far collated, is polling a total of 170,052 with Tinubu who has won 13 LGAs trailing the leader with 148,977 votes as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abunakar with wins in three LGAs controlled by his men is placed third on the presidential table for Rivers with

83966 votes.

Obi’s overwhelming votes with win in just five LGAs so far came from Port Harcourt City LGA, Rivers LGA with second highest voters population where the LP candidate raked 62451 votes against APC’s 5562 votes.

Results for Degema and highest polling Obio/Akpor LGAs are the only ones left to determine who won Rivers in the 2023 presidential elections.