Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former Anambra governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has won his home state with a wide margin, in the Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections.
Though Anambra is All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)-controlled state with Charles Soludo as Governor, Obi defeated the party’s candidate including the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rivals.
He polled a total of 584,621 valid votes cast, while his closest rival, Atiku came second with 9,036 votes, with Tinubu taking the third place with 5,111 votes.
Final results;
LP: 58,4621
PDP: 9,036
APC: 5,111
NNPP: 1,967
APGA: 7,388
YPP: 1,997