The All Progressives Congress has announced the results of its House of Representatives primary elections conducted across the federal constituencies in Rivers State, with Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martin Chike Amaewhule, emerging among the leading winners.
The party had earlier disqualified four aspirants believed to be loyal to Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, including three serving members of the House of Representatives, while 20 other aspirants were cleared to participate in Saturday’s primaries.
The results were announced on Saturday night at the APC Secretariat in Port Harcourt by the Chairman of the State APC House of Representatives Primary Election Committee and Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Council, Federal University of Transportation, Daura, Katsina State, Wahab Owokoniran.
Also present during the declaration were the Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Dr Johnson Sinikiem, alongside other officials of the commission.
The committee reportedly suspended proceedings twice after receiving and collating results from the first five constituencies, including Port Harcourt, Eleme/Tai/Oyigbo, Akuku-Toru/Asari-Toru, Khana/Gokana and Degema-Bonny federal constituencies.
While some constituencies witnessed contests between two aspirants, others had sole candidates, including Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency 1 where Amaewhule emerged unopposed.
Declaring the result, Owokoniran said, “In this case, we only have one aspirant, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule. He scored 17, 968 votes.
“Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule having certified the requirement of the APC constitution and guidelines and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner of the primary election and is returned elected as the party House of Representatives candidate for Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency, this day 16th of May, 2026.”
In Port Harcourt Federal Constituency, another sole aspirant, Igwe Precious, secured 5,885 votes to emerge candidate for the 2027 general election.
For Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency, serving lawmaker Dumnamene Dekor defeated Israel Ngbuelo after polling 17,073 votes against 1,220 votes.
In Degema-Bonny Federal Constituency, Cyril Hart emerged winner with 7,203 votes, defeating Philemon Tombodiea who scored 1,020 votes.
Felix Nweke, who contested unopposed in Eleme/Tai/Oyigbo Federal Constituency, polled 18,605 votes to clinch the ticket, while Isobo Solomon defeated Luke Enerine in Akuku-Toru/Asari-Toru Federal Constituency with 11,303 votes against 954 votes.
For Ahoada West/Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Chukwuemele Obuzor, who was the sole aspirant, scored 15,626 votes to emerge candidate.
Fredrick Apiafi also emerged winner in Andoni/Opobo-Nkoro Federal Constituency after polling 8,550 votes unopposed, while Chibuzor Nwamaka defeated Queen Obasi in Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency by 10,414 votes to 2,123 votes.
In Ikwerre/Emuoha Federal Constituency, Joy Nyebuchi secured 13,704 votes to defeat Lawrence Ogbor, who polled 2,030 votes.
Blessing Amadi, the only aspirant in Port Harcourt Constituency 2, polled 5,674 votes to emerge candidate, while Linda Steward won the Okrika/Ogu-Bolo primary with 12,247 votes against Tekena Ikaki’s 388 votes.
For Abua/Odual-Ahoada East Federal Constituency, sole aspirant Hon. Solomon Bob polled 16,079 votes to emerge winner of the APC primary election.
Speaking after the exercise, Owokoniran said, “This is the final declaration. We have declared 13 out of 13 federal constituency results. We want to let the whole world know that the election was conducted in a very peaceful atmosphere.”
He expressed surprise over the peaceful conduct of the primaries, contrary to perceptions that Rivers State is constantly plagued by political violence.