Rivers South East

Rivers South East senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by Olaka Nwogu.

District profile

The district covers these local government areas: Andoni, Eleme, Gokana, Khana, Opobo–Nkoro, Oyigbo and Tai. In 2014, it had a projected population of 1,720,790.

LGA	Projected population (2014)	Wards
Andoni	275,718	11
Eleme	249,421	10
Gokana	299,002	17
Khana	384,443	19
Opobo–Nkoro	197,974	11
Oyigbo	160,311	10
Tai	153,921	10

Election results

2015

Rivers South East Senate district election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Olaka Nwogu	408,353	94.66
	APC	Magnus Abe	23,052	5.34
Total votes			431,405	100.00
	PDP hold

List of Senators

Adawari Pepple (1999 – 2003)
Lee Maeba (2003 – 2011)
Magnus Abe (2011 – 2015)
Olaka Nwogu (2015 –)

References

Members of the Senate of Nigeria from Rivers State

East	John Azuta-Mbata George Sekibo

South East	Adawari Pepple Lee Maeba Magnus Abe Olaka Nwogu

West	Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellowe Wilson Ake Osinakachukwu Ideozu

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