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Governor Ikpoeazu
Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, may well be on the way to retaining his seat as he has won in 10 of the 14 local government areaswhich results of the governorship election has been announced.
The APC candidate, Dr Uche Sampson Ogah is coming a distant second with victories in three local governments while Dr Alex Otti, the APGA candidate place third after chalking up a win in Arochukwu local government.
Below are details of the results from the local government
|
S/NO |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA |
APC |
APGA |
PDP |
|
1 |
UKWA EAST |
1,447 |
1,935 |
3, 819 |
|
2 |
BENDE |
12,172 |
4,238 |
7, 265 |
|
3 |
UMUAHIA SOUTH |
7,606 |
4,506 |
8, 257 |
|
4 |
UKWA WEST |
3,140 |
2,270 |
11, 602 |
|
5 |
UMUNNEOCHI |
7, 238 |
3, 190 |
7, 004 |
|
6 |
UGWUNAGBO |
1, 865 |
1,054 |
22, 084 |
|
7 |
OSISIOMA |
1, 981 |
2, 298 |
19, 835 |
|
8 |
ISIALA NGWA NORTH |
2, 404 |
2, 084 |
19, 209 |
|
9 |
AROCHUKWU |
3,819 |
8, 924 |
5, 070 |
|
10 |
ISIALA NGWA SOUTH |
1, 569 |
5, 129 |
19, 672 |
|
11 |
OBINGWA |
3,390 |
2, 679 |
78, 803 |
|
12 |
IKWUANO |
5, 619 |
1, 588 |
6, 285 |
|
13 |
ISUIKWUATO |
14, 146 |
1, 696 |
3, 564 |
|
14 |
OHAFIA |
6, 718 |
6, 883 |
19, 346 |

























