Mbah scored 160,895 votes to defeat the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Chijioke Edeoga who polled 157,552 votes.
Frank Nweke Jnr of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) scored 17,983 while Uche Nnaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 14,575 votes to come a distant third and fourth respectively.