The Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, was on
Sunday declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress’ Ebonyi South
Senatorial Zone fresh primary election.
Earlier, the chairman of the APC electoral panel, Prof
Emmanuel Adebayo Kehinde said that five contestants participated in the fresh
primary election of the party.
The election, which took place at the Afikpo North Local
Government Area headquarters, witnessed the presence of prominent stakeholders
of the state, including the members of the state executive council.
The contestants included; Austin Chukwu Umahi, David Umahi,
Mrs Ann Agom-Eze, Mrs Ibiam Margret Ezenwanyi, and Mrs Chiko Elizabeth
Nwakaego.
Declaring the results of the election, Prof. Kehinde, said
that Umahi pulled a total of 260 votes to emerge the winner of the election.
He noted that Ezenwanyi scored 3 votes, Nwakaego scored 5
votes, while 7 votes were invalid.
It was gathered that Umahi and his younger brother,
Austin Chukwu Umahi, came first and second respectively, while Agom-Eze had
zero votes at the time of filing this report.
It was also learnt that Umahi’s younger brother boycotted
the election.
In a swift reaction, Umahi thanked the entire people of
Ebonyi State for the opportunity given to him to clinch the ticket.
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