Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has defeated other presidential candidates in Cross River State by a wide margin of 179,917 votes.
State collation officer, Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh declared the results early Tuesday morning.
APC scored 130,520 votes, PDP scored 95,425 votes, NNPP scored 1,644 votes.
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Total valid votes were 416,968, while rejected votes were 24,608. The total votes cast is 441, 576.
Cting the geographical peculiarities of the state for the delay, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Gabriel Yomere apologized for the late collation of the results.