{"id":84828,"date":"2023-03-21T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T08:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/abia-guber-apc-candidate-ikechi-emenike-loses-lg-to-lps-otti"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:33:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T09:33:22","slug":"abia-guber-apc-candidate-ikechi-emenike-loses-lg-to-lps-otti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/abia-guber-apc-candidate-ikechi-emenike-loses-lg-to-lps-otti","title":{"rendered":"Abia guber: APC candidate, Ikechi Emenike loses LG to LP\u2019s Otti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Abia State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Ikechi Emenike has lost his Umuahia North Local Government Council to the Labour Party (LP) standard-bearer, Dr Alex Otti.<\/p>\n<p>The prominent factional leader of the All Progressives Congress in Abia state, had earlier on Saturday, 18th of March, 2023, cast his votes at his Umukabia Ohuhu ward, alongside his wife and Nigerian ambassador to the United States of America (USA), Mrs. Uzoma Ikechi Emenike.<\/p>\n<p>The results as announced by the INEC returning officer in-charge of Umuahia North showed that Otti of the LP polled a total of 27,668 votes to beat APC\u2019s Ikechi Emenike, who scored 7,225 votes, while Enyinnaya Nana Nwafor, candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP) took third place by polling a total of 2,999 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the results below:<\/p>\n<p>A 49<\/p>\n<p>AA 37<\/p>\n<p>AAC 31<\/p>\n<p>ADC 457<\/p>\n<p>ADP 98<\/p>\n<p>APC 7225<\/p>\n<p>APGA 1816<\/p>\n<p>APM 34<\/p>\n<p>APP 905<\/p>\n<p>BP 40<\/p>\n<p>LP 27668<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 228<\/p>\n<p>NRM 38<\/p>\n<p>PDP 4843<\/p>\n<p>PRP 8<\/p>\n<p>SDP 55<\/p>\n<p>YPP 2999<\/p>\n<p>ZLP 75<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Abia State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Ikechi Emenike has lost his Umuahia North Local Government Council to the Labour Party (LP) standard-bearer, Dr Alex Otti. 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