The candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance in the Onitsha North 1 State Constituency by-election, Ifeoma Azikiwe, has been declared winner of the poll.
In the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer, Prof. Ibiam Ekpe, Azikiwe emerged winner with 7,774 votes to defeat her closest rival and the candidate of African Democratic Congress, Justice Azuka, who got 1,909 votes.
Ekpe said the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Ezennia Ojekwe, and that of Young Progressives Party, Njideka Ndiwe, scored 1,371 and 655 votes respectively.
While announcing the result early on Sunday morning, the INEC Returning Officer commended the various candidates for their peaceful conduct and hailed the voters for turning out en-masse during the exercise.
He said, “The candidate of APGA, Ifeoma Azikiwe, having certified the requirements of the law by scoring the highest in the election, is hereby returned elected.”
Azikiwe will now fill the seat left vacant by the former lawmaker, Justice Azuka, who was kidnapped and subsequently killed and would serve out his remaining two years.
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