Nigeria, March 22 -- The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia State, Alex Otti, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state is seeking to use results from the Obingwa Local government Area to upturn over 90,000 votes margin between the two parties.

Mr Otti, during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, said he has garnered over 171,000 votes from 16 local governments so far declared by INEC, with Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailing with about 80,000.

He claimed that INEC's presiding officer in Obingwa local government was forced to sign the doctored result under duress. He, therefore, urged INEC not to accept any result that is not consistent with the data on the BVAS.

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