Obi’s victory in Enugu went according to predictions by analysts who say he will sweep the majority votes in the South East.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as the winner of Saturday’s presidential election conducted in Enugu State.
Obi, an ex-governor of Anambra State, polled a total of 428,640 votes to defeat other contenders.
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress scored 15,749 and 4772 votes, to come a distant second and third respectively.
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, polled a total of 1,808 to record the fifth position.
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The collation officer of the presidential election in Enugu State, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Professor Maduebibisi Iwe, declared the results of the election.
Obi’s victory in Enugu went according to predictions by analysts who say he will sweep the majority votes in the South East.
According to Iwe, a total of 2,112,793 voters were registered for the election in Enugu, while accredited voters for the election were 482,990.
Iwe noted that total valid votes were 456,424, rejected votes stood at 12,467 and total votes cast were 468,891 respectively.
The Labour Party also won all the 17 local government areas of the state in a landslide.
