Governor of Ebonyi State David Umahi has been proclaimed the district’s senator-elect.
To overcome his opponents, Linus Okorie of the Labour Party, who received 25,496 votes, and Eleje of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who received 11,398 votes, Umahi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, received a total of 28,378 votes.
On Monday, Augustine Ogugua Egwu of Alex Ekwueme Federal University in Ndufu Alike Ikwo, the returning officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission, announced the results at the headquarters of the Afikpo North Local Government Area.
He pronounced Mr. Umahi to be the senate election winner since he received the most votes overall to defeat his rival.
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Also, the member representing Afikpo North/South federal constituency, Ebonyi state, in the House of Representatives, Iduma Igariwey, has defeated his APC rival, Eni Chima.
Mr Igariwey, a PDP lawmaker, who is the Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation polled a total of 24,649 votes, while Mr Chima got 11,296 votes.
The result was announced at the constituency headquarters in Afikpo North.
Mr Igariwey, who is a two-term lawmaker, is seeking re-election for the 3rd term in the House of Representatives.
Also, the House of Representatives candidate of the Labour Party, Nkemkanma Kama, was declared winner of the Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo Federal Constituency election.
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Mr Kama scored a total of 19,921 votes to defeat his closest rival of the APC, Felix Igboke, who scored 14,231 votes, while PDP candidate, Livinus Makwe, scored 7,506 votes to come third.
The INEC Returning Officer, Onu Omaka, who announced the results, said that Mr Kama, having satisfied all the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the election.
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