Peter Obi wins presidential election in Cross River

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Cross River State.

Obi scored 179,917 votes to defeat his closest rival Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who came second while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, came a distant third.

Tinubu polled 130,520 votes while Atiku garnered 95, 425 votes from Saturday’s presidential election.

The State Collation Officer of Presidential Election: Prof Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, announced the result this afternoon in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

See the summary of results below:

Total registered voters 1,691,642
Total accredited voters 444,880
Total valid votes 416,968
Rejected votes 24,608
Total votes cast 44,1576

Votes won by parties:
A 425
AA 221
AAC 406
ADC 2268
APP 885
APC 130,520
APGA 618
APM 535
APP 252
BP 414
LP 179,917
NNPP 1,644
NRM 371
PDP 95,425
PRP 822
SDP 290
YPP 422
ZLP 1,533