By Jude Opara
All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), candidates have won the by-elections for the Anambra South Senatorial District and the Onitsha North Constituency of the State House of Assembly held on Saturday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), announced the two results on Sunday in Onitsha and Nnewi Local Governments respectively.
The Returning Officer at the INEC Office in Nnewi, Prof. Frank Ojiako, declared Chief Emmanuel Nwachukwu of APGA, the winner of the Anambra South Senatorial seat.
Mr Nwachukwu polled 90,408 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chief Azuka Okwuosa, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), who scored 19,847 votes.
Donald Amangbo of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), emerged third with 2,889 votes.
Mr Ojiako said: ” I hereby make the declaration that Emmanuel Nwachukwu of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.
Peoples Daily reports that the death of the Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, who represented Anambra South in the Senate in July, 2024 necessitated the conduct of a by-election which was contested by 12 political parties on Aug. 16.
The INEC also declared Ifeoma Azikiwe the winner of the Anambra House of Assembly, Onitsha North Constituency 1 by-election.
Announcing the results in Onitsha, the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Ibiam Ekpe, disclosed that Azikiwe of APGA scored 7,774 votes to defeat her closest rival and the candidate of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Justina Azuka, who pooled 1,909 votes.
He said that the candidate of the APC, Ezennia Ojekwe and that of Young Progressives Party, Njideka Ndiwe scored 1,371 and 655 votes respectively.
He commended the various candidates for their peaceful conduct and hailed the voters for turning out en masse during the exercise.
Mrs Azikiwe will now fill the seat left vacant by the former lawmaker, late Justice Azuka, who was kidnapped and subsequently killed.
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