The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Ogbaru Federal Constituency Election in Anambra state, Afam Victor Ogene, as the winner of Saturday's supplementary poll. Ogene defeated the incumbent House of Representatives member of the constituency, Chukwuma Onyema of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with a slim margin of 232 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Labour Party for Ogbaru Federal Constituency Election in Anambra state, Afam Victor Ogene, as the winner of Saturday's supplementary poll.Ogene defeated the incumbent House of Representatives member of the constituency, Chukwuma Onyema of the Peoples Democratic Party , with a slim margin of 232 votes.
"Afam Ogene having scored the highest number of votes cast, he is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Ubaorji said.Also in Enugu State, it was jubilation galore for the LP as its candidate, Osita Eze defeated the candidate of the PDP, Jeff Mbah in the Oji River State Constituency rerun.The supplementary election was held in one polling unit - Central School Oji-River which had 2,489 registered voters.
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