Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has defied the odds and beaten heavyweight opponents in his native Anambra State.
In his own Anaocha local government area of Anambra State, Obi’s LP scored 33, 695 votes to beat Ahmed Bola Tinubu presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, who polled 178. However, APGA got 468, PDP 584, NNPP 151, YPP 78 and ZLP 148 votes in the area.
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According to the Electoral Officer in charge of the local government area, Prof. Sistine Pdu of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, the total number of registered was 113297, accredited voters were 36040, valid votes was 35472, invalid votes 535 while total valid votes cast was 36007.
Obi also floored the Governor Chukwuma Soludo in his Aguata Local Government Area where he polled 37,478 votes. Soludo’s APGA scored 712 votes, APC got 301 votes, PDP got 522, YPP recorded 198 votes and ZLP got 146 votes.
The Dunukofia Local Government Area of billionaire businessman and PDP chieftain, Chief Arthur Eze, was also won by the Labour Party presidential flagbearer.
Soludo and Eze have been major critics and opponents of Obi’s presidential ambition.
The duo objected to the Obi presidency, and argued that it would not make a positive impact on the country and that it was not yet the turn of the South-east for the plum job.
According to the results of the presidential election from the 21 local government areas so far released in the state, Labour Party scored 18, 715 votes in Dunukofia LGA which Chief Arthur Eze’s political stronghold, his party the PDP polled 438 votes, Young Progressive Party (YPP) scored 56 votes, APGA polled 290 votes, APC scored 222 votes, NNPP 52 votes, ZLP 65 votes, among other parties.