The Returning
Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state,
Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti declared Otti the winner on Wednesday evening at the
resumption of the final collation of governorship election results in Umuahia,
the Abia State capital over 48 hours after INEC suspended the exercise in the
South-East state. Before the announcement, Nnannaya-Oti said she will do the
right of the people and protect democratic values.
“I shall stand squarely and
unapologetically on these principles. The people’s votes and mandate shall
stand.
“The pastor and the mother in me will not permit me to do anything that
will adversely affect the future of our children,” said Nnannaya-Oti, who is the
Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. See results by
parties:
A 1528 AA 474 AAC 298 ADC 2529 ADP 601 APC 24091 APGA 18119 APM 572 APP
11728 BP 1141 LP 175467 NNPP 2068 NRM 472 PDP 88529 PRP 168 SDP 773 YPP 28972
ZLP 1011