Peter Obi Defeats Tinubu, Atiku In Suleja, Niger State

The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has defeated his rivals in Suleja Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State.

The results of the presidential election from the 10 electoral wards announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) official, Dr Hussaini Musa, showed that Obi scored 16,978 votes against the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 15,917 while Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) came third with 11,968 votes.

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The Suleja LGA with 10 wards had 149,088 registered voters while 50,358 were accredited for the election.

Also, the Labour Party candidate for Isiala Ngwa North and South federal constituency, Abia State, Hon. Ginger Onwubibe, emerged as the winner of Saturday’s poll.

Ginger a former Council Chairman, defeated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s preferred candidate and his immediate past Chief of Staff, Professor Anthony Agbazuere, even in his Isialangwa South L.G.A.