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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Alex Otti as duly elected governor of Abia.<\/p>\n

Justice Uwani Abba-Aji while delivering the judgment dismissed the appeal against the victory of Otti.<\/p>\n

She held that the appeal by the PDP lacked merit.<\/p>\n

The appeals were lodged against Otti, who won his election on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Okey Ahiwe, and his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Ikechi Emenike.<\/p>\n

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared that Otti polled 175,466 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ahiwe of the PDP, who scored 88,529 votes in the gubernatorial poll that was held on March 18, 2023.<\/p>\n

Dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, both Ahiwe and Emenike of the APC, who came in third, separately challenged it.<\/p>\n

However, in a judgement delivered on October 6, 2023, the Abia State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal dismissed the petitions and upheld Otti\u2019s election victory.<\/p>\n

The verdict of the tribunal was affirmed by the Court of Appeal in Lagos, which also dismissed appeals that were entered against Otti by both the PDP and APC candidates.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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