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| Rotimi Amaechi and Goodluck Jonathan |
Culled From Vanguard Nigeria
There was an election held on Friday May 24, 2013, at the Rivers State Government House, Abuja by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to elect a chairman. Against all odds, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of RiversState, who was having a running battle with the presidency, got re-elected for a second tenure as he defeated Governor Jonah Jang of PlateauState, said to be the candidate of President Goodluck Jonathan by 19 to 16 votes.
According to media reports, the results were announced by A.B. Okauru, the Director-General of NGF, immediately after counting of ballots.
All the 36 state governors apart from Yobe’s Ibrahim Gaidam participated in the vote conducted through secret ballot.
