The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has Declared, Alex Otti, The Labour Party candidate, as the winner of the Abia State governorship election.
Oti on Wednesday won 10 of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in the state and polled 175,467 votes in the Saturday, March 18, election.
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Abia State, Chief Alex Otti, was, consequently declared the winner of the 2023 governorship election in Abia State.
Otti polled a total of 175,466 to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the PDP who scored 88,526.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Nnenna Oti, declared the LP candidate the winner at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Umuahia, the state capital, Wednesday afternoon after completing the suspended collation of results.