The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
declared Peter Mbah, candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the Enugu state governorship
election.
Maduebibisi Ofo-Iwe, the returning officer in Enugu, who
announced the results on Wednesday night, said Mbah polled 160,895 votes to win
the election.
“That Mbah Peter Ndubuisi of Peoples Democratic Party,
having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and
returned elected,” Ofo-Iwe declared.
Ofo-Iwe said Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP) scored
157,552 votes to come second while Frank Nweke II of the All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA) polled 17,983 votes,
Uche Nnaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got 14,575 votes.
Mbah will succeed Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the incumbent governor,
whose two terms of eight years end on May 29.
Prior to the declaration of the results, INEC had on Monday,
suspended the collation of results in Nsukka and Nkanu east LGAs of Enugu so as
to conduct a review of the results from the two LGAs.
The decision of the electoral commission sparked protest in
the state as supporters of political parties called for the resumption of the
collation process.
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