The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has emerged victorious in the Anambra South Senatorial and Onitsha North State Constituency by-elections held on Saturday, securing both seats in a resounding win against rival parties.
In the Anambra South Senatorial race, APGA’s candidate, Emmanuel Nnamdi Nwachukwu, was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Nwachukwu polled 90,408 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chief Azuka Okwuosa, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 19,847 votes.
Mr. Donald Amangbo of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) emerged third with 2,889 votes.
Ojiako said: “I hereby make the declaration that Emmanuel Nwachukwu of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”
Similarly, in the Onitsha North State Constituency election, INEC declared Ms Ifeoma Azikiwe the winner of the Anambra House of Assembly, Onitsha North Constituency 1 by-election.
Announcing the results in Onitsha, the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Ibiam Ekpe, disclosed that Azikiwe of APGA scored 7,774 votes, defeating her closest rival and the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mrs. Justina Azuka, who polled 1,909 votes.
He stated that the candidates of the APC, Mr. Ezennia Ojekwe, and the Young Progressives Party, Njideka Ndiwe, scored 1,371 and 655 votes, respectively.