BREAKING: INEC Finally Declares Winner of Abia Governorship ElectionPAY ATTENTION: Donate to Legit Charity on Patreon. Your support matters! Umuahia, Abia state - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Abia, Alex Otti, as the winner of the March 18 poll in the southeast state. Otti polled 175,467 votes to defeat his closest rival, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 88,529 votes. Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) scored 28,972 votes, Channels TV reported. Legit.ng gathers that the Labour Party governorship candidate also won 10 of the 17 local government areas in the state, PDP got six while the YPP got one. Read also BREAKING: INEC finally declares winner of Enugu governorship election PAY ATTENTION: Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates! The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti, declared Otti the winner on Wednesday evening, March 22, at the resumption of the final collation of governorship election results in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. A – 1,528 AA – 474 AAC – 298 ADC – 2,529 ADP – 601 APC – 24,091 APGA – 18,119 APM – 572 APP – 11,728 BP – 1,141 LP – 175,467 NNPP – 2,068 NRM – 472 PDP – 88,529 PRP – 168 SDP – 773 YPP – 28,972 Read also BREAKING: Winner Emerges as INEC Collates Results of Obingwa LGA in Abia State ZLP – 1,011 CVJ Vincent PAGE commented on Facebook: Mi Chael said: Ikwo Jesus said: Egbe Onyeka said: In another report, President Muhammadu Buhari explained that he did his best to ensure that vote-buying did not mar the 2023 general elections. The president while meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the State House in Abuja, said he told Nigerian electorates to collect money from candidates vying for elective positions at the election but vote their conscience. The president added that given the opportunity for a free and fair election and non-interference, as witnessed in the 2023 polls, Nigerians have proven capable of deciding their leaders. Source: Legit.ng The winner of the 2023 governorship election in Abia state was finally declared on Wednesday, March 22, by INEC Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti, declared Otti the winner, announcing that he scored 175,467 votes to defeat his closest rival, Okey Ahiwe Ahiwe, the governorship candidate of the PDP in the Abia state governorship election, polled 88,529 votes PAY ATTENTION: Donate to Legit Charity on Patreon. Your support matters! Umuahia, Abia state - Legit.ng Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates! “That Otti Alex Chioma of Labour Party having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner of the election,” said Nnannaya-Oti, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. "PDP betrays the Igbos. So they deserve to lose all the Eastern states." "Congrats Otti, work for Abịa people, dredge the Lake, Be kind and deliver for Abia people." "Labour Party we are taking over gradually just wait and see it’s just a matter of time this country must obey LP." "Remember to probe all the past governors of Abia state."