{"id":55299,"date":"2016-12-11T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=55299"},"modified":"2016-12-11T19:21:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T18:21:00","slug":"rivers-magnus-abe-wins-senatorial-rerun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/rivers-magnus-abe-wins-senatorial-rerun\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rivers: Magnus Abe wins senatorial rerun"},"content":{"rendered":"

The senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers South East, Senator Magnus Abe, has won the legislative rerun election in his senatorial District.<\/p>\n

The Returning Officer, Professor Gideon Onukwuisi, declared Abe winner on Sunday after announcing the result at the collation centre in Bori, Khana Local Government Area.<\/p>\n

Abe polled 125,938 votes to beat his opponent from the Peoples Democratic Party, Olaka Wogu, who got 25,394 votes.<\/p>\n

Onukwuisi explained that out of the 154,703 votes cast, 152,706 votes were valid while 2,627 votes were invalid.<\/p>\n

Dedicating his victory at the poll to God, Abe, who later addressed journalists, expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the election.<\/p>\n

The senator-elect also expressed gratitude to his party supporters for having confidence in him and pledged to give them a better representation.<\/p>\n

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