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Independent AfricaNigeria 2023 elections: Peter Obi gets hold of Enugu State

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Nigeria 2023 elections: Peter Obi gets hold of Enugu State

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s nominee for president, won Enugu State in the presidential election that took place on Saturday.

Obi defeated Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party with a total of 428,640 votes, according to the results announced by the INEC collation officer in the state, Prof. Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe (APC).

In the state, Tinubu received 4,772 votes, while Atiku received 15,749 votes, placing him in second place. With 1808 points, Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party placed third.

Out of the 2,112,793 registered voters in the state, 482,990, according to Igwe, had their credentials.

The number of valid votes according to the collation officer is 456,424 while rejected votes were 12,467.

Source: The Independent Ghana

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