27th February, 2023
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, won all 17 local government areas in Enugu during Saturday’s presidential election.
Obi polled a total of 428,640 votes to defeat other contenders.
Atiku Abubakar of PDP came second with 15,749 while Bola Tinubu and APC could only take 4772 votes.
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, polled a total of 1,808.
The collation officer of the presidential election in Enugu State and Vice-Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Professor Maduebibisi Iwe, declared the results of the election.
According to him, a total of 2,112,793 voters were registered for the election, while accredited voters for the election were 482,990.
Scores: APC – 4772, LP – 428,640, PDP – 15,749, and NNPP – 1808.
Iwe noted that total valid votes are 456,424, rejected votes 12,467 and total votes cast were 468,891 respectively.