The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Alex Otti of the Labour Party, LP, winner of the Abia state governorship election.
INEC State Returning Officer for the Abia governorship election, Professor Nnenna Oti, who is the Vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) pronounced Otti, the Abia governor- elect.
The Labour Party Candidate polled 175, 467 as against candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Sir Okey Ahiwe, who received 88,529 votes.
The candidate of YPP, Enyinnaya Nwafor received 28,972 votes while the APC candidate, Ikechi Emenike was awarded 24,091 votes.
The final declaration of the 2023 Abia governorship poll was held up following the controversy generated by the result from Obingwa Local government.
The LP had alleged that PDP was trying to impose on INEC outrageous vote scores outside the number recorded by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System(BVAS).
The impasse led to the suspension of collation for 48 hours before the Independent National Electoral Commission executed a review of the Obingwa situation and ordered continuation of collation today.
