Rivers LG Polls: APC Sweeps 20 Out Of 23 Councils

Sunday August 31, 2025
By TheNewsDESK |

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has won 20 local governments in the just-concluded council polls in Rivers State.

APC also won the councillorship election in 20 LGAs, while the PDP claimed only three councils.

This is the first time the APC would gain dominance in Rivers since the return of democracy in 1999.

Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Dr. Michael Odey, announced the winners of the LG polls on Sunday, August 31, at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt.

He said the winners would be presented with their certificates of return on Monday, September 1.

Saturday’s election witnessed a low voter turnout as many residents of the state didn’t participate in the exercise.