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#NigeriaElections2023: Peter Obi wins Nasarawa, Abia

The candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has been declared winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Nasarawa State.

Obi secured a total of 191,361 votes in the contest ahead of his closest opponent, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, who scored 172,922 votes.

Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party managed to score 147,093 votes.

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The presidential election results were collated and announced in Lafia on Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s collation officer in Nasarawa State, Prof. Ishaya Tanko.

Tanko, who is the Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Plateau State, added that the NNPP presidential candidate scored a total of 12,715 votes.

The Collation Officer narrated that the total registered voters in the state were 2,552,716 while the total valid votes were 540,566.

He added that the accredited voters in the state were 562,464 but the total votes cast were 556,937 while the rejected votes were 16,371.

Peter Obi Wins Abia

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, also won the presidential election in Abia State.

The results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday saw Obi poll a total of 327,095 votes ahead its closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party, which polled 22,676 votes.

The distribution of the presidential election results across the 17 LGAs of Abia State is as follows:

  1. ISIALANGWA NORTH

APC. 742
LP. 14336
PDP. 5964

  1. ISIKWUATO LGA
    APC. 472
    LP. 16,038
    PDP .607

  2. IKWUANO LGA
    APC.407
    LP. 14997
    PDP. 1065

  3. UKWA WEST LGA.
    APC. 591
    LP. 9557
    PDP. 918

  4. UKWA EAST LGA
    APC. 264
    LP. 5819
    PDP. 1200

  5. BENDE LGA
    APC. 1545
    LP. 18446
    PDP. 973

  6. UMUAHIA SOUTH LGA
    APC 475
    LP 25017
    PDP 1156

  7. ISIALANGWA SOUTH
    APC. 772
    LP. 14125
    PDP. 2691

  8. UGUNAGBO LGA
    APC. 195
    LP. 7066
    PDP. 930

  9. OBINGWA LGA
    APC. 564
    LP. 23687
    PDP. 2747

  10. UMUNNEOCHI LGA
    APC. 608
    LP. 11782
    PDP. 320

  11. Osisioma LGA
    APC 158
    LP 19,680
    PDP 610

  12. Aba North LGA
    APC 190
    LP 35,898
    PDP 428

  13. Umuahia North LGA
    APC 795
    LP 51,318
    PDP 1529

  14. Arochukwu LGA
    APC 601
    LP 14,287
    PDP 526.

  15. Osisioma
    APC 301
    LP 11573
    PDP 2754

  16. Aba South LGA
    APC 215
    LP 36717
    PDP 580

Tinubu leads in Rivers

The All Progressives Congress has won 10 of the 13 local government areas in Rivers State so far collated in by the Independent National Electoral Commission for last Saturday’s presidential election.

Among the 13 won by the APC is Ikwerre, the LGA of the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

The Collation Officer for Ikwerre LGA, Prof. James Kpolovie, disclosed this while presenting the result to the state collation officer, Prof Charles Adias at the INEC office in Port Harcourt on Monday.

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#NigeriaElection2023: Tinubu leads Obi, Atiku in Rivers
27th February 2023
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The All Progressives Congress has won 10 of the 13 local government areas in Rivers State so far collated in by the Independent National Electoral Commission for last Saturday’s presidential election.

Among the 13 won by the APC is Ikwerre, the LGA of the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

The Collation Officer for Ikwerre LGA, Prof. James Kpolovie, disclosed this while presenting the result to the state collation officer, Prof Charles Adias at the INEC office in Port Harcourt on Monday.

Recall that Amaechi was absent during the presidential rally of the APC in Port Harcourt prior to the elections.

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From the results, the APC polled a total of 9,609 to defeat the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party which polled 8,752 and 4,869 to come second and third respectively.

The other LGA’s won by the APC so far are Opobo/Nkoro, Asari-Toru, Abua-Odual, Bonny, Omuma, Gokana, Emuoha, Eleme, Tai, Akuku-Toru.

Meanwhile the Labour Party emerged victorious in three LGAs, namely; Bonny, Ahoada West and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni.

The PDP on its part has so far won three LGA’s namely; Andoni, Okrika and Ogu/Bolo.

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