Nigeria, May 23 -- A former member of the House of Representatives, Farah Dagogo, has secured the governorship ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 election in Rivers State.

Mr Dagogo emerged winner after the party conducted direct primaries across the 319 wards in the state's 23 local government areas. He scored 64,700 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sokonte Davies, who polled 9,050 votes.

The result was announced by the chairperson of the ADC Rivers State Governorship Primary Electoral Committee, Agu Bryan, in the presence of other committee members and representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Mr Bryan stated that the exercise complied with the party's constitution and guidel...