Abia State Governorship election returning officer and Vice-Chancellor of
\nthe University of Nigeria Nsukka Professor Benjamin Ozumba this evening
\ndeclared Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of the People\u2019s Democratic Party as the winner
\nof Saturday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n
He announced that Ikpeazu scored 261,127 votes to beat his APC opponents
\nDr Uche Ogah who scored 99,574 and APGA Dr Alex Otti 64,366 to second and
\nthird positions respectively.<\/p>\n
According to him, while Ikpeazu won in 11 LGAs, Ogah won in four and Otti
\nin two.<\/p>\n
Ogah and Otti immediately addressed a joint press conference rejecting the
\noutcome of the election.<\/p>\n
They accused INEC of disregarding the card readers rule.<\/p>\n
They said that the results released by INEC were highly tweaked to favour
\nthe PDP adding \u201ceven where some of us in the opposition had warned, INEC
\nconnived with security Agencies to change the results in favour of the
\nPDP\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the duo, they were surprised that INEC re-appointed Prof
\nOzumba who so acted in 2015 as the Returning Officer despite according ,
\nto them , that he ( Ozumba ) as the 2015 Returning Officer in the state
\n\u201ccreated the problems we had in 2015 when he reversed himself by accepting
\nresults he had earlier cancelled when he came under pressure and influence
\nof PDP both in the state and at the Federal level.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elated by his victory, Ikpeazu extended his hands of fellowships to his
\nopponents that lost in the contest and commended INEC for conducting a
\npeaceful and credible election in the state.<\/p>\n
He said that his victory will spur him to fulfil his electioneering
\npledges and actualize the projects he already set into motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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