Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) has won the presidential election in Cross River State.
The win sees Obi, widely considered to be the underdog of the election, defeat his fellow contenders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; and New Nigeria Peoples Pary (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The final results, which were announced at the presidential election collation centre in Cross River early Tuesday morning, indicated that Obi polled 179,917, besting Tinubu’s 130,520, Atiku’s 95,425, and Kwankwaso’s 1,644.
This makes Obi’s fourth state win after Nasarawa, Enugu, and Lagos.
Triumph for the former Anambra State governor in the Cross River is significant for a number of reasons.
In Cross River, the presidential poll recorded 1,691,642 registered voters.
There were 416,968 valid votes, while 24,608 were rejected, adding up to 441,576 total votes.