The candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won last Saturday’s presidential election conducted in Ebonyi State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to the results declared by INEC, Obi received 259,738 votes to defeat closest challengers Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Tinubu received 42,402 votes to finish second, while Atiku received 13,503 votes to finish third in Ebonyi. The candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso came distant fourth with 1,661 votes.
A total of 337,887 voters were accredited out of the 1,563,529 registered voters in the state, according to INEC.
The electoral body added that a total of 337,341 votes were cast and out of that number, 325,351 votes were recorded valid while 11,990 were rejected.
SEE THE FINAL COLLATION OF PRESIDENTIAL RESULT FROM EBONYI STATE:
REG. VOTERS 1,563,529
ACCREDITED VOTERS 337,887
APC 42,402
APGA 4,120
LP 259,738
PDP 13,503
NNPP 1,661
VALID VOTES 325,351
REJECTED 11,990
TOTAL VOTES CAST 337,341