Confirmed: Labour Party’s Alex Otti wins Abia governorship election

Alex Otti

Gvernor of Abia State, Alex Otti

Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has trounced Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) in the March 18 governorship election in Abia State.

He was declared the winner on Wednesday evening by the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti.

Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 and Nwafor got 28,972.

Before the announcement, Nnannaya-Oti said she will do the right of the people and protect democratic values.

“I shall stand squarely and unapologetically on these principles. The people’s votes and mandate shall stand.

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“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-Oti, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

See results by parties:

A 1528
AA 474
AAC 298
ADC 2529
ADP 601
APC 24091
APGA 18119
APM 572
APP 11728
BP 1141
LP 175467
NNPP 2068
NRM 472
PDP 88529
PRP 168
SDP 773
YPP 28972
ZLP 1011

The last time the LP produced a governor in the last 20 years was when Olusegun Mimiko was elected Ondo State governor from February 2009 to February 2017.

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