2023 KOGI, IMO & BAYELSA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION UPDATES

Alex Otti Makes History, Wins First Gubernatorial Election For LP In Abia State

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2 years ago

Mar 22, 2023.

Alex Otti has been declared winner of the Abia state Guber election.
The LP candidate is only the second person to win a governorship race for the party.
Former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, was the first.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State.

He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP).

The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti, declared Otti the winner on Wednesday evening at the resumption of the final collation of governorship election results in Umuahia, the Abia State capital over 48 hours after INEC suspended the exercise in the South-East state.

Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti

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.

Before the announcement, Nnannaya-Oti said she will do right by 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-Oti, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

See results of the election:

A 1528

AA 474

AAC 298

ADC 2529

ADP 601

APC 24091

APGA 18119

APM 572

APP 11728

BP 1141

LP 175467