Miss Aaue Samuel Olubari, a 19-year-old candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has made history by winning a councillorship seat in Rivers State.
According to report, the Rivers Local Government election was held on Saturday, August 30, 2025, in 6,866 polling units in the 319 wards, to produce elected local government chairpersons and councilors and replace the council administrators appointed in April 2025.
The elections came six months and two days after the Supreme Court upturned the council elections conducted on October 5, 2024, by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC).
Announcing the election results on Sunday, RSIEC said the APC won 20 out of the 23 local government areas in the State, while candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in Obio/Akpor, Ogba/Egbema/Ndon, and Port Harcourt City.
Candidates of the APC won in Ahoada East, Asari Toru, Ikwerre, Bonny, Degema, Eleme, Etche, Gokana, and Khana LGAs.