Ngor Okpala registered voters are 94,118 but only 18,083 voters were accredited for the poll, APC won with 9,248 votes. PDP scored 7,161
Only about 20 per cent of the registered voters came out during yesterday’s bye election in Ngor Okpala State constituency election in Imo Stare.
According to the Daily Post, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Blyden Okanni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the State Constituency bye-election.
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INEC Returning Officer for the Ngor Okpala State Constituency bye election, Professor Dennis Akoh, announced this in Owerri on Sunday.
Akoh said that Okanni polled 9,248 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Emeka Nwachukwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 7,161 votes to become winner of the Ngor Okpala State Constituency election.
Akoh, a professor at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwor (FUNAI) in Ebonyi, said the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Christopher Nwaiwu placed third with 501 votes.
He said out of the 11 candidates that contested the Ngor Okpala Stae Constituency bye election, the only female and candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), Mrs Joy Nze, got 15 votes.
The returning officer said a total of 18,083 voters were accredited for the poll, out of a total of the 94,118 registered voters in the area.
He said the total valid votes cast were 17,280, while 582 votes were rejected