INEC Officially Declares Nwoye Winner Anambra North Senatorial Seat

The Labour Party (LP) senatorial candidate for Anambra North district, Tony Nwoye had declared the winner of last Saturday’s senatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Nwoye was declared the winner by the electoral body late on Friday after sorting out the initial problems at the Ogbaru wards.

The INEC Returning Officer for Anambra North, Prof. Kingsley Ubaorji of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, declared Nwoye the winner of the senatorial election at the Onitsha North Local Government Headquarters.

According to the results as announced, Nwoye scored 94,779 votes to defeat the incumbent, Senator Stella Oduah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 50,146 votes.

The wife of the immediate past governor of the state, Ebelechukwu Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) scored 48,212 votes to come in third place.

Ubaorji, therefore, declared and returned Nwoye winner having satisfied the constitutionally required number of valid votes cast for the election.

Nwoye in his reaction to the declaration thanked the people of Anambra North for electing him as their senator and promised he will not disappoint the constituents.