The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday declared the Labour Party candidate, Alex Otti, as the winner of last weekend’s governorship election in Abia State.
The state’s Returning Officer, Prof. Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti, who announced the results in Umuahia, said Otti polled 175,467 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Okey Ahiwe and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the election.
Ahiwe and Nwafor garnered 88,529 and 28,972 respectively in the exercise.
