The Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has lost the Abia South senatorial district election to the All Progressive Grand Alliance candidate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe.
Abaribe polled a total of 49,693 votes to defeat his closest rivals and the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Chinedu Onyeizu, who got 43,903 votes, while Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party polled 28,422 votes.