Peter Obi was therefore declared the winner of the presidential election in the state.
Peter Obi polled a total of 428,640 votes to defeat other contenders, with the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scoring 15,749 and 4772 votes, to a distant second and third respectively.
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, polled a total of 1,808 to record the fifth position.
The collation officer of the presidential election in Enugu State and Vice-Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Professor Maduebibisi Iwe, declared the results of the election.
According to him, a total of 2,112,793 voters were registered for the election, while accredited voters for the election were 482,990.
Scores: APC – 4772, LP – 428,640, PDP – 15,749, and NNPP – 1808.
Iwe noted that the total valid votes are 456,424, rejected votes 12,467 and total votes cast were 468,891 respectively.
The Labour Party also won all 17 local government areas of the state in a landslide.
Meanwhile, Kanyi Daily reported that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has won the February 25 presidential election in Gombe State.
Atiku Abubakar defeated his major contenders at the poll.
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