In Abia State’s March 18 gubernatorial election, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) prevailed.
Okey Ahiwe of the PDP and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party, among others, were defeated by him (YPP).
Nwafor received 28,972, Ahiwe 88,529, and Otti 175,467.
The final collation of governorship election results resumed on Wednesday evening in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, after being stopped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for 48 hours. Prof. Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti, the state’s returning officer, pronounced Otti the winner.
Olusegun Mimiko’s term as governor of Ondo State, which spanned from February 2009 to February 2017, marked the LP’s first governorship in the previous 20 years.
Nnannaya-Oti declared before the announcement that she would uphold democratic ideals and act in the public’s best interests.
On these beliefs, I will stand firmly and without apology. Votes and mandates from the people are to be upheld.
As the vice chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nnannaya-Oti declared, “The pastor and the mother in me will not allowed me to do anything that would badly effect the future of our children.”
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In the current state of affairs, 25 of the 28 gubernatorial races have had their results released. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) won Kano, the APC triumphed in 15 states, the PDP in 8, the LP in 1, and the LP in 1.
The incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC) won 15 states, with seven governors being re-elected: Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Muni (Yobe), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), and Babagana Zulum (Borno)
Eight additional candidates were also elected by the party, including Umar Namadi in Jigawa, Ahmed Aliyu in Sokoto, Dikko Radda in Katsina, Uba Sani in Kaduna, Bassey Otu in Cross River, Mohammed Bago in Niger, Hyacinth Alia in Benue, and Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi).
Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Bala Mohammed, two reelected governors, led the PDP to eight victories (Bauchi).
