Nigeria, March 21 -- The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia State, Alex Otti, is leading after collation of results of Saturday's governorship election from 16 of 17 local government areas of the state.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended collation of the governorship election result from Obingwa Local Government Area of the state over alleged attack and invasion of its office in the council area by suspected thugs.

Based on the results announced so far, the race for the governorship in the state is between the LP and the PDP, the ruling party in the state.

However, Mr Otti of the LP is leading by a wide margin after winning 10 of the 16 local government ar...