Anxiety heightens as collation of results yet to resume in Abia as Otti leads

Anxiety heightens as collation of results yet to resume in Abia as Otti: Anxiety has continued to build up across Abia as residents await the continuation of the collation of governorship results.

The Presiding Officer, and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO, Professor Nnenna Oti, had Sunday evening adjourned collation till 10:am today.
But as of 11:07 am Monday, the exercise was yet to resume.

Anxiety heightens as collation of results yet to resume in Abia as Otti: THE WAIT 

Media practitioners, security personnel and party agents were waiting at the Collation Centre at the Umuahia office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC but the Returning Officer had not arrived.

Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party was leading comfortably in the 10 Local Government Areas so far declared as of Sunday.
LP supporters surged up around the INEC office in a joyous mood as they anticipate the final declaration of the remaining results.

Dr Alex Otti, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Abia State, is maintaining a comfortable lead in 10 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the March 18 governorship election.

The results so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, show that Otti is leading.

According to the results announced by the different Local Government Collation Officers at the State Collation Centre at INEC headquarters in Umuahia on Sunday, Otti scored a total of 66,024 votes to stay on top.

His closest rival, Chief Okey Ahiwe of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled a total of 52,849 votes.

Results from seven LGAs are still being awaited as of the time of filing this report.

THE COLLATION

Here are the collated results so far:

Umunneochi

LP – 5,940

PDP – 3,198

APGA – 581

APC – 2,034

Ukwa East

LP – 2,273

PDP – 2,329

APGA – 646

APC – 560

Ukwa West

LP – 2,883

PDP – 4,622

APGA – 830

APC – 1,209

Arochukwu

LP – 12,689

PDP – 1,286

APGA – 460

APC – 1,082

Ugwunagbo

LP – 2,159

PDP – 2,539

APGA – 398

APC – 398

Isuikwuato

LP – 8,228

PDP – 2,204

APGA – 3,662

APC – 872

Isiala Ngwa North

LP – 7,323

PDP – 21,741

APGA – 225

APC – 839

Ikwuano

LP – 7,054

PDP – 2,427

APGA – 499

APC – 1,098

Bende LGA

LP – 9,886

PDP – 3,410

APGA – 947

APC – 2,143

Isiala Ngwa South

LP – 7,589

PDP – 9,093

APGA – 366

APC – 1,580