He defeated them after getting 179,917 votes.
State Collation Officer, Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, declared the results as obtained from the polling units at the state collation centre in Calabar.
APC scored 130,520 votes, PDP scored 95,425 votes, and NNPP scored 1,644 votes.
"Total valid votes were 416,968, while rejected votes are 24,608. The total votes cast is 441, 576."
Sighting the geographical peculiarities of the state for the delay, Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Gabriel Yomere, apologized for the late collation of the results.
Results were released very early Tuesday morning.