Afam Victor Ogene, candidate of Labour Party (LP) for Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Anambra State, has been declared winner of the supplementary Ogbaru House of Representatives election.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Afam Victor Ogene, candidate of Labour Party (LP) for Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Anambra State, has been declared winner of the supplementary Ogbaru House of Representatives election.
The initial election which held on February 25, had been declared inconclusive in some Wards and Polling Units in the Constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In the rescheduled election which took place on Saturday, April 15, Ogene defeated the incumbent House of Representatives member of the constituency, Chukwuma Onyema of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is a third term member of the Green Chamber.
Announcing the results at Atani, headquarters of Ogbaru Local Government Area, the Returning Officer, Professor Kingsley Ubaorji of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, said ” Afam Ogene of Labour Party polled 10,851 votes of the total votes cast, followed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chukwuma Wilfred Onyema who polled 10,619 votes,
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According to Federal Constituency Returning Officer, Arinze John Awogu of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) came third with 10,155 votes.
Other candidates scored as follows: Mrs. Nkechi Ismade of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 303 votes, Nwachukwu Victor of African Democratic Congress (ADC) scored 39 votes, Obunne Celestine of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) scored 124 votes while Nwadialor C of Social Democratic Party (SDP), scored 27.
Based on the scores, Professor Ubaorji stated; “That Afam Ogene of the Labour Party, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes cast is declared winner of the election”.
Earlier, the PDP led with over 1,000 votes in the supplementary election, while APGA came second, followed by LP.
However, when the result was summed up with the previous February 25th election, the Labour Party Candidate came first followed by the PDP candidate, and APGA as second and third.
