29-Year-Old Wins Imo House Of Reps Election
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday night announced
29-year-old Akarachi Amadi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
the winner of the supplementary election for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal
Constituency of Imo State held on Saturday.
Announcing the votes
polled by the respective candidates at the federal constituency’s collation
centre located at Nworuibi in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area, the Federal
Constituency Returning Officer, Prof Boniface Okoro, said that the APC
candidate polled the highest number of votes.
Okoro, disclosed
that Amadi got a total of 21, 372 votes while his closest rival, Uche Ogbuagu,
of the Labor Party, scored a total of 18, 296 votes.
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The incumbent and the candidate of the All Progressives Grand
Alliance, Henry Nwawuba, garnered 7, 202 votes, the Peoples Democratic Party
candidate, Usmond Ukanacho, polled 6,681 votes, Chinonso Uba of the African
Democratic Congress scored 4, 100 votes, while Godstime Chukwunuikem of the
Social Democratic Party got 246 votes.
There was wild jubilation
in the area immediately after the 29-year-old was returned as the winner of
the election.
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