Abia State Election Result : Governorship

.. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Okezie Ikpeazu, the winner of the Abia State governorship election.


Mr Ikpeazu polled a total of 264,713 votes to beat his closest challenger, the former managing director of Diamond Bank, Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who got 180, 882 votes.

Okezie Ikpeazu of PDP

The result of the Abia state governorship eelction rerun was declared in the early hours of Sunday after the supplementary election of Saturday by Prof Ozumba, the state returning officer.

Meanwhile, as at the time of this report, supporters of PDP in Umuahia, Aba and other parts of the state have hit the streets to celebrate the victory.

You can view the result of the Abia state supplementary election here.