Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has won the governorship election in Abia State by polling 264,713 votes, to beat Dr. Alex Otti of the All Progressive Grand Alliance who polled 180,882.
In the election earlier held on April 11, the candidate of the ruling PDP, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, had polled 248, 459 votes, ahead of his All Progressives Grand Alliance counterpart, Dr. Alex Otti, who scored 165,406 votes out of the 439,454 total vote cast.
INEC’s Returning Officer, Professor Benjamin Ozumba, had declared the election inconclusive on the grounds that the 83,053 margin of lead was lower than the 175,532 total numbers of registered voters in the polling units where election did not hold or which results were cancelled.
However, yesterday's re-run did not hold in Umunneochi LGA, as INEC said its inclusion among LGAs for the rerun exercise was done in error.
The state REC, Professor Selina Oko, said, “There was no Form EC 40 G for the LGA which would show proof of the areas where election did not hold or was inconclusive to cause a rerun.” Oko also said reports of ballot box snatching later proved to be false after investigations by the Police. Similarly, Governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress has been declared winner of the governorship election in Imo State.
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