Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe of All Progressives Grand Alliance has been declared winner of Saturday, Feb. 25 Senatorial elections in Abia South amidst gale of controversy.

The Returning Officer for Abia South National Assembly elections, Prof. Georgina Ugwuanyi had earlier refused to declare any winner for the senatorial seat. announced this before party agents at the collation centre in Aba.

Ugwuanyi said that she had to return to declare results for the election because she was asked by INEC office in Abuja to announce winners in the election.

Speciafically she told party agents that that election will have to be reconducted because the one held on 25 February was marred by irregularities in substantial number of polling units totaling about 108..

But she later returned to announce the results despite the irregularities on the instruction of the management of INEC.

While announcing the result, Ugwuanyi said that Abaribe, got the highest number of votes in the election, having scored 49, 903 votes while his closest challenger, Chinedu Onyeizu of Labour Party scored 43,903.

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu who was the candidate of PDP in the election came third with score of 28,422 votes.

The returning officer also announced the results of the Aba South and North Federal Constituency results, where the LP’s Emeka Nnamani polled 35,502 to clinch the seat.

She said that Alex Ikwecheghi of APGA polled 22,465 votes, while the incumbent Representative, Chimaobi Ebisike of the PDP scored 13,388 votes.

Ugwuanyi, therefore, declared Nnamani winner of the House of Representatives election. (NAN)

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