Breaking: Victor Umeh takes the oath of office as senator representing Anambra central

- Nigerian Senate has sworn in Victor Umeh who won last Saturday's Anambra central senatorial election

- Umeh, a member of APGA will be representing Anambra central in the Senate

Senator Victor Umeh, representing Anambra central, has been sworn in by the Nigerian Senate.

Umeh, a member of the the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), was sworn in on Thursday, January 18, morning during the Senate plenary.

Umeh won the Saturday, January 13, Anambra central senatorial election by a landslide, securing 64,879 votes. None of the 13 other contestants in the election got up to a thousand votes.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission has given the winner of the Anambra central senatorial district election, Victor Umeh, his certificate of return.

Umeh visited the headquarters of INEC in Abuja on Wednesday, January 17, and was presented with his certificate by national commissioner in charge of southeast, Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu.

The Court of Appeal on Thursday, January 11, refused to cancel the Anambra central senatorial district election scheduled for Saturday, January 13. The electoral commission had fixed Saturday, January 13, for the election to fill the seat that had been vacated since 2015 as a result of several controversial court cases.

INEC’s decision was a sequel to a 2017 ruling by the Court of Appeal. But after that judgement, the Peoples Democratic Party secured a Federal High Court order that Obiora Okonkwo, an aspirant for the original election in 2015, be declared the winner and sworn in as senator.

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Source: Legit.ng