Labour Party's Alex Otti wins Abia governorship election

Alex Otti has won the governorship election conducted in Abia state last Saturday. 

 The former managing director of Diamond Bank now Access Bank, was the candidate of Labour Party in the governorship election.

 He polled 175,467 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Okey Ahiwe of the PDP who polled 88,529 votes. 

 Reacting to his victory via his official Twitter account, Otti pledged to serve Abians judiciously for the next four years. 

 He wrote: “See what the Lord has done.”

He added in another tweet: “With deep humility and a profound sense of responsibility, I wholeheartedly accept your mandate to be your chief servant for the next 4 years.”