INEC Declares Labour Party’s Alex Otti winner of Abia Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced Alex Otti of the Labour Party as the winner of the Abia State Governorship Election held on Saturday in the State and Other part of the Country.

Mr Otti defeated his closest rival Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party with a wide margin of votes.

This is his third time of contesting for the Abia State Governorship and could be described as third time lucky.

BREAKDOWN OF VOTES FOR EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ABIA STATE

Ukwa East – PDP 2329, LP 2273, APC 560, APGA 646, APP 890, YPP 759

UMU NNEOCHI – PDP 3198, LP 5940, APC 2034, APGA 581, APP 679, YPP 314

UKWA WEST – PDP 4622, LP 2833, APC 1209, APGA 830, APP 699, YPP 890

ISIALA NGWA NORTH – PDP 21741, LP 7323, APC 838, APGA 225, APP 78, YPP 1094

BENDE – PDP 3410, LP 9886, APC 2143, APGA 947, APP 27, YPP 1667

ISIALA NGWA SOUTH – PDP 9093, LP 7589, APC 1580, APGA 366, APP 124, YPP 1691

AROCHUKWU – PDP 1280, LP 12689, APC 1082, APGA 460, APP 893, YPP 410

ISUIKWUATO – PDP 2204, LP 8228, APC 872, APGA 3662, APP 523, YPP 269

UMUAHIA SOUTH – PDP 4564, LP 16187, APC 1398, APGA 1841, APP 562, YPP 323

OHAFIA – PDP 4128, LP 11848, APC 1354, APGA 945, YPP 667

OSISIOMA NGWA – PDP 4696, LP 7032, APC 504, APGA 292, YPP 8839

ABA NORTH – PDP 4146, LP 20974, APC 487, APGA 1404, YPP 2296

ABA SOUTH – PDP 3348, LP 22014, APC, 511, APGA 1762, YPP 1572

UMUAHIA NORTH – PDP 4843, LP 27668, APC 7225, YPP 2999

OBINGWA – PDP 9962, LP 3776, YPP 3101

We will be Victorious – Alex Otti

The candidate of the Labour Party for the Abia State gubernatorial election, Alex Otti, insists that the victory of the party in the state cannot be overturned no matter the alleged manipulation of the yet-to-be-announced result.

He said this at a press conference in Abuja where he pointed out that the Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS) has exposed the true voting strength of the Obingwa axis as lower than 30,000 voters.

He believes that the comfortable lead of the Labour Party in the Governorship race, and the reality of less than thirty thousand registered voters in Obingwa, cannot change the victory of the party.

He called on the people of Abia State to remain calm and assured them that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was reviewing the result from the Obingwa axis where they manufactured figures of more than 80,000 while the total votes for the two lawmakers into the Abia state Assembly from the area are under 30,000.