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.
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.
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’s 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.