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OBI RALLIES SUPPORT FOR LP GOV CANDIDATE IN PLATEAU

Ahead of the March 18 governorship and state assembly polls, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election on Wednesday rallied support for the party’s governorship candidate in Plateau State, Patrick Dakum.

The former Anambra State governor also thanked his supporters in the state for voting en masse in the presidential election.

At the just-concluded presidential election, Obi won Plateau with 466,272 votes despite that the director general of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign, Simon Lalong is a two-term governor of Plateau. Obi was followed by Bola Tinubu of the APC who polled 307,195 votes and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 243,808 votes. However, the electoral body declared Tinubu as the President-Elect having polled the highest total votes nationwide.

 Meanwhile, Alex Otti labour parties Governorship candidate in abia state urged electorates to vote across board for the labour party.

VOP Lagos

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