Dr Nelson Ossai, the returning officer, while announcing the result on Sunday said that the PDP candidate scored a total of 116,690 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Ozor of the Labour Party who scored 9,848 votes.
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) followed with 3,839 votes to finish third.
Others are APP with 2,224 votes, AA with 2,072 votes, NNPP with 650 votes, Accord with 511 votes and APM with 327 votes. (NAN)
