APGA EMERGES VICTORIOUS IN ONITSHA NORTH 1 CONSTITUENCY BY-ELECTION
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By: Sefiu Ajape
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Ifeoma Azikiwe, has been declared winner of the Onitsha North 1 State Constituency by-election.
The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Ibiam Ekpe, announced that Azikiwe secured 7,774 votes to defeat her closest rival, Justice Azuka of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who polled 1,909 votes.
According to the results, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Ezennia Ojekwe, scored 1,371 votes, while Njideka Ndiwe of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) recorded 655 votes.
Ekpe commended both candidates and voters for their peaceful conduct, adding: “The candidate of APGA, Ifeoma Azikiwe, having satisfied the requirements of the law by scoring the highest in the election, is hereby returned elected.”
Azikiwe now takes over the seat left vacant following the abduction and killing of the former lawmaker, Justice Azuka, and will serve out the remaining two years of the tenure.
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