Breaking: Winner Emerges in Enugu Supplementary Election
- Osita Eze of Labour Party (LP) has been declared the winner of Saturday's supplementary election for Oji River State Constituency of Enugu State
- Eze defeated the incumbent, Jeff Mba of the PDP after the rerun of the election in just one polling unit; which had 2489 registered voters
- Meanwhile, INEC had on March 18 declared the election in the polling unit inconclusive due to irregularities and the margin of lead was less than the number of registered voters
The Labour Party has again recorded a major win in the Enugu supplementary election held on Saturday, April 15.
The candidate of the Labour Party, Osita Eze, won the just-concluded Oji River State Constituency supplementary election, held on Saturday, April 15, 2023.
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LP wins Enugu supplementary poll
The election was held at Oji-River Central School Polling Unit, Registration Area/Ward 11, which had 2,489 registered voters, The Punch reported.
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INEC had declared and returned LP’s candidate, Chief Osita Eze, winner of the supplementary election with 108 votes (at the supplementary election) and already with over 300 votes outstanding (during the March 18 election) ahead of other contestants.
Eze defeated the incumbent, Chief Jeff Mba, of the Peoples Democratic Party, who secured 118 votes (at the supplementary election), ThisDay report confirmed.
LP spokesperson reacts
Reacting, the LP spokesperson, Labour Party in the state, Dr Mcginger Ibeneme said that it was a hard-fought victory for the Oji River people as well as the beginning of their total political emancipation.
Adeleke declares Douye Diri winner of PDP governorship primary in Bayelsa state
Meanwhile, Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state to contest November 11 governorship election for a second term in office.
Diri, an incumbent governor of the state who was the sole aspirant for the primary, polled a total of 305 yes votes from the delegates to emerge as the party candidate.
The primary election conducted on Wednesday, April 12, had the party delegates from the eight local government areas of the state casting their votes to affirm the candidature of the governor.
Winner emerges in PDP governorship primary in Imo State
In an earlier report, Senator Samuel Anyanwu was declared the winner of the Imo state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 11 gubernatorial polls in the southeast state.
As reported by Channels TV online, Senator Anyanwu's victory was announced after the conclusion of the party's primary election on Wednesday, April 12 at the PDP secretariat in Owerri.
The Imo state governorship election is one of the off-cycle polls that would be conducted alongside Kogi and Bayelsa.
Source: Legit.ng
