Election Re-run: Governor Okorocha, Ikpeazu Wins, While PDP Leads In Taraba

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Saturday secured the mandate of his people to govern them for another four years as he won the governorship rerun election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

Okorocha beat Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party by polling 416,996 votes while Ihedioha 320,705.

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Abia, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, however, won by beating Dr. Alex Otti of the All Progressive Grand Alliance with 264,713 votes to 180,882.

The PDP’s Darius Ishaku of Taraba State was also coasting ahead of Sen. Aisha Alhassan of the APC going by the results that came in as at press time. For instance, in Kofar Sarki in Takum Local Government polling unit, the PDP had 588 votes against the APC’s 7.

At Suntai Daaji in Donga Local Government Area, the PDP got 1,139 against APC’s 74.

At Asibiti ward in Donga Local Government Area PDP scored 4,412 while APC had 604.

The election which took place in no fewer than seven states only had governorship seats contested in the above named three states while other states like Kogi, Ekiti, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi, Gombe and Niger held elections for inconclusive seats in the state Houses of Assembly and the National Assembly.

But the elections on Saturday were marred by voter apathy as most of the polling units in the affected states recorded low turnout of voters.