The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Amajirionwu Blyden Okanni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the just-concluded state assembly by-election into Ngor-Okpala state constituency seat of Imo State House of Assembly.
Ameh Dennis Akor, a professor of Drama and Critical Theory in the Alex Ekwueme University, Ebonyi State and the returning officer, announced the results in Umuneke at the Council Headquarters on Sunday morning.
He said that the APC candidate of polled 9,248 while Jeff Nwachukwu of the PDP scored 7,071 votes.
He stated that the total registered voters across the 11 existing electoral wards in the area was 94,060, and that polling commenced as early as 8:30a.m and ended at about 2:30p.m, noting that all accredited voters with Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) casted their votes.
The election results were published, displayed and transmitted electronically using form EC60E and EC8A through the INEC’s portal.
He further stated that the number of total votes cast was 17 862 and total number of valid votes was 17 280 with rejected votes being 582.
He commended the security agencies and all stakeholders who participated before, during and after the elections for their maturity and understanding.
Our Sources Shows that no fewer than eleven registered political parties participated in the election.
The parties included the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Labour Party (LP).
Others were the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Allied People’s Movement (APM), Action Democratic Party (ADP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
It was indeed a keen contest between these political parties mentioned but the heat was focused on the rulling All Progressives Congress APC and the highest opposition party Peoples’ Democratic Party PDP and finally APC Won the Ngor Okpala Imo State House of Assembly Bye-Election 2022.
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