BREAKING: YPP's Ifeanyi Ubah Wins Nnewi North LGA as INEC's Final Declaration of Results Continues

BREAKING: YPP's Ifeanyi Ubah Wins Nnewi North LGA as INEC's Final Declaration of Results Continues

  • The YPP's governorship candidate in the Anambra governorship election, Senator Ifeanyi Uba, has won in Nnewi North LGA
  • Ubah polled 6,485 votes to defeat Soludo, Andy Uba and other candidates in the LGA where he hails from
  • So far, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is leading with wins in 18 out of the LGAs where results have been announced

Awka, Anambra state - Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), has won in Nnewi North local government area.

This was announced on Sunday, November 7, at the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, the state capital, where the final collation of results of the governorship election is currently ongoing.

AnambraDecides: YPP's Ifeanyi Ubah Wins Nnewi North LGA
YPP's Ifeanyi Ubah has won Nnewi North LGA as INEC's collation of results continues. Photo credit: Senator Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah
Source: Facebook

Uba polls 6,485 votes to defeat others in the LGA.

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The results below:

Registered voters: 139368

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Accredited voters: 13751

APC: 1278

APGA: 3369

PDP: 1511

YPP: 6485

Meanwhile, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is leading with wins in 18 out of the 20 LGAs where results have been announced.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Valentine Ozigbo, has also won an LGA.

Soludo makes first comment amid collation of results

In a related development, Soludo has made his first comment as results trickle in. The APGA candidate shared a post on his Instagram page on Sunday evening, November 7.

He shared a photo of him monitoring the results with the caption:

"A cool Sunday evening. "It is indeed the Lord's day and we must first thank God almighty for his mercy. Indeed, "many are the afflictions of the Righteous, but the Lord delivereth him from them all". "Good evening my people."

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Anambra: INEC suspends collation of results, announces date for supplementary poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the November 6 Anambra governorship election.

Legit.ng reports that Professor Florence Obi, the returning officer for the election, made the declaration at INEC head office in Awka, Anambra state capital in the early hours of Monday, November 8.

She cited the disruption of the election in the Ihiala local government area of the state as the major reason for this, saying a supplementary election would hold on Tuesday, November 9.

Source: Legit.ng

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