The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP), Alex Otti as winner of the March 18 governorship election in Abia state.
He polled 175,467 votes to beat his opponents, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 88,529 votes, and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP), who scored 28,972.
The Returning Officer of INEC), and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Prof. Nnenna Nnannaya, on Wednesday evening, declared Otti at the resumption of the final collation of governorship election results in Umuahia.
The electoral umpire had suspended the results collation for over 48 hours.
Before the announcement, Nnannaya assured she would abide by the will of the people and protect democratic values.
“I shall stand squarely and unapologetically on these principles. The people’s votes and mandate shall stand.
“The pastor and the mother in me will not permit me to do anything that will adversely affect the future of our children,” said Nnannaya said.
Read the results by parties below:
A 1,528
AA 474
AAC 298
ADC 2,529
ADP 601
APC 24,091
APGA 18,119
APM 572
APP 11,728
BP 1,141
LP 175,467
NNPP 2,068
NRM 472
PDP 88,529
PRP 168
SDP 773
YPP 28,972
ZLP 1,011
