The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has defeated the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Rabi’u Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in seven out of the 13 local government areas of Ebonyi State.
Obi is leading by a wide margin in the results so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as at Sunday evening.
The INEC state collation officer in Ebonyi State, Prof. Charles Igwe, who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, (UNN), declared the results as follows:
Ishielu LGA
LP – 16,186
APC – 1261
PDP – 574
NNPP – 111
Total vote cast – 19,078
Total valid vote – 18,468
Rejected votes – 610
Afikpo North LGA
LP – 25,480
APC – 1,405
NNPP – 149
PDP – 1,155
Total vote cast – 29,559
Total valid vote – 28,737
Rejected votes – 822
Afikpo South LGA
LP – 10,895
APC – 2,405
PDP – 1,215
NNPP – 58 votes
Total vote cast – 15,134
Total valid vote – 14,734
Rejected votes – 400
Ebonyi LGA
LP – 27,551
APC – 2,677
NNPP – 114
Total vote cast – 32,398
Total valid votes – 31,557
Rejected votes – 841
Ikwo LGA
LP – 20,734
APC- 12,621
PDP – 1,939
NNPP – 251
Total vote – 35,835
Total valid votes – 34,713
Rejected votes – 1119
Izzi LGA
LP -28,931
APC- 11,779
PDP – 789
NNPP – 86
Total votes – 43,324
Total valid vote – 42,083
Rejected votes – 1241
Ezza North LGA
LP – 17,959
APC – 875
NNPP – 146
PDP – 392
Total vote cast – 21,924
Total valid votes – 21,127
Rejected votes – 797
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