The new PDP chairman promised to run an open-door administration.
Mr Chima stated, “I congratulate the winners and the losers too.’’
The people blamed the low voter turnout on the late arrival of ABSIEC staff and electoral materials at the polling units.
The voter turnout was impressive in places where materials came early but low in areas where materials were delivered several hours behind schedule.
Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi, who led the gathering of Ebira indigenes, said they were impressed with the level of development in the state under Mr Aiyedatiwa.
He alleged that the ongoing council poll was a sham and programmed to favour the APC.
Mr Ogbonna attributed the poor voter turnout to “voter apathy and fear of gunmen” in Aba.
Mr Pearse revealed that the state leaders had inaugurated three different committees to help the party.
He said, “What are the elders coming to do at this late hour, if they actually would want to come?’’
Incumbent president, Mr Masisi, 63, a former UNICEF worker, conceded defeat in a press conference on Friday, promising to “support” the president-elect.
