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Nigeria 2023 Presidential Election Results: Winner Finally Emerges in Ebonyi State
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Nigeria 2023 Presidential Election Results: Winner Finally Emerges in Ebonyi State

by  Nurudeen Lawal 1 min read

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has been declared the winner of the 2023 election in Ebonyi state with 259,738 votes.

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The All Progressive Congress(APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, came second with 42,402 votes.

Peter Obi and Tinubu/Ebonyi/2023 Elections Results
Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi wins Ebonyi state. Photo credits: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mr. Peter Obi
Source: Twitter

The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar placed third with 13503 votes.

The results, according to The Nation, were announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abakaliki, the capital of the state on Tuesday, February 28.

The collation Officer for Ebonyi state, Prof Charles Igwe, who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria (UNN) announced the final results.

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Source: Legit.ng

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Nurudeen Lawal (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) Nurudeen Lawal is an AFP-certified journalist with a wealth of experience spanning over 8 years. He received his B/Arts degree in Literature-in-English from OAU. Lawal is the Head of the Politics/CA Desk at Legit.ng, where he applies his expertise to provide incisive coverage of events. He was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2347057737768.

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