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2023 Elections: Alex Otti Declared Abia Gov-Elect

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Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Alex Otti, has been declared the winner of the Abia State governorship election 96 hours after electorates had cast their vote on Saturday, March 18 2023. The LP candidate who polled 175,467 votes defeated Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP).

Otti, a former banker was declared the winner on Wednesday evening by the state returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Nnenna Nnannaya, 48 hours after collation was suspended in the state over irregularities.

The Gov-Elect who is now the second LP governor in the history of Nigeria after Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State between February 2009 to February 2017, was the former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc (Access Bank) between 2011 and 2014.

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