Rivers East senatorial district
Appearance
Rivers East senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by George Thompson Sekibo (from the [[People's Democratic Party]).[1]
District profile
The Rivers East senatorial district has a projected population of 2,670,903. It covers the following local government areas:
LGA | Projected population (2014) |
Wards |
---|---|---|
Emohua | 263,817 | 14 |
Etche | 325,953 | 19 |
Ikwerre | 247,908 | 13 |
Obio-Akpor | 607,324 | 17 |
Ogu–Bolo | 97,586 | 12 |
Okrika | 290,114 | 12 |
Omuma | 131,145 | 10 |
Port Harcourt | 707,056 | 20 |
Election results
2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
PDP | George Sekibo | 662,278 | 92.71 | |
APC | Andrew Uchendu | 52,064 | 7.29 | |
Total votes | 714,342 | 100.00 | ||
PDP hold |
List of Senators
- John Azuta-Mbata (1999 – 2007)
- George Sekibo (2007 – 2017)
- Andrew Uchendu (2017 – 2018)
References
- ^ "Sekibo, Nwogu, Ideozu, Others For New NASS". The Guardian. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.