Obi Wins Presidential Election in Abia

The presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has polled a landslide victory in the February 25, 2023 presidential poll in Abia State by winning all the 17 local governments.

The state returning officer for the presidential election, Prof. Abel Ezeorah of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Alike-Ikwo (FUNAI), declared the results at INEC state office in Umuahia.

He said that Obi scored 327,095 votes or 86 per cent of the 381,683 total votes cast, while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP got 22,676 votes to place a distant second.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of APC scored 8,914 votes to come third.

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The victory of the LP presidential candidate was so overwhelming that none of his rivals could get the minimum 25 per cent of votes cast in the state.