Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia
As results of the March 18 governorship poll begin to trickle in, Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party has floored his counterparts in polling unit 023 located at St. Stephen’s Primary School with 61 votes.
Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party, YPP, trailed behind with six votes.
Professor Greg Ibe of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, came third with five votes.
Okey Ahiwe of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party got only two votes while Chief Ikechi Emenike of the All Progressives Congress, APC; and Bishop Sunday Onuoha of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, scored one vote each.
Similarly, LP swept polling unit 022 located at the same centre with 68 votes.
YPP and PDP got 6 votes each; ADC 2; APC and APGA got 1 vote each.
In polling unit 024, LP also won with 114 votes while ADC trailed behind with 7 votes.
YPP got 5 votes; APGA 4; while PDP and ADC scored 2 votes each.
Labour Party candidates also won in all the polling units located at the centre so far declared.
Counting is still going on in other polling units at the centre as at the time of filing this report.
Enthusiastic supporters of LP were shouting “Obi, Obi nwannem,” “Ellupi” to the admiration of the crowd as the results were being declared.
