The
deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has been declared the winner of
his Enugu West Senatorial District for the fifth consecutive time.
Mr Ekweremadu’s political party, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), also won the two House of Representatives seats in the
district.
The district has five local governments’ areas
of Oji River, Aninri, Ezeagu, Awgu, and Udi.
Announcing the result at about 12:10 a.m. on
Monday, the Returning Officer for the senatorial district, Douglas Nwagbo, a
professor, said Mr Ekweremadu polled 86,088 ahead of his closest rival, Juliet
Ibekaku-Nwaugwu of the APC who polled 15,187.
Other political parties that presented candidates
in the senatorial election included APGA, ADC, UPP, PPN, among others.
While APGA scored 6,881, ADC polled 838; UPP
scored 202 with MMPN scoring 127.
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