Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, declared Labour Party candidate, Alex Otti, the winner of the Abia State governorship election.
This followed the eventual declaration of the results of the controversial Obingwa Local Government Area results.
With the conclusion of the collation of the outstanding results of the election, the Peoples Democratic Party scored 9,962 votes, while the Labour Party got 3,776 votes in the LGA.
Consequently, the LP has won in 10 LGAs, the PDP in six LGAs, and the Young Peoples Party in one LGA.
LP governorship candidate, Otti, was, consequently declared the winner of the 2023 governorship election in Abia State.
Otti polled a total of 175,466 to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the PDP who scored 88,526.
INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Nnenna Oti, declared the LP candidate the winner at the headquarters of the Commission in Umuahia, the state capital, Wednesday afternoon after completing the suspended collation of results.