Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, may well be on the way to retaining his seat as he has won in 10 of the 14 local government areas which results of the governorship election has been announced.

The APC candidate, Dr Uche Sampson Ogah is coming a distant second with victories in three local governments while Dr Alex Otti, the APGA candidate place third after chalking up a win in Arochukwu local government.

Below are details of the results from the local government

S/NO	LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA	APC	APGA	PDP
1	UKWA EAST	1,447	1,935	3, 819
2	BENDE	12,172	4,238	7, 265
3	UMUAHIA SOUTH	7,606	4,506	8, 257
4	UKWA WEST	3,140	2,270	11, 602
5	UMUNNEOCHI	7, 238	3, 190	7, 004
6	UGWUNAGBO	1, 865	1,054	22, 084
7	OSISIOMA	1, 981	2, 298	19, 835
8	ISIALA NGWA NORTH	2, 404	2, 084	19, 209
9	AROCHUKWU	3,819	8, 924	5, 070
10	ISIALA NGWA SOUTH	1, 569	5, 129	19, 672
11	OBINGWA	3,390	2, 679	78, 803
12	IKWUANO	5, 619	1, 588	6, 285
13	ISUIKWUATO	14, 146	1, 696	3, 564
14	OHAFIA	6, 718	6, 883	19, 346

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