Chinedum Elekwachi
Candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Ifeoma Azikiwe has emerged winner of the Anambra state House of Assembly by-election.
Azikiwe floored the candidates of the African Democratic Congress, ADC the All Progressives Congress APC and the people’s Democratic party PDP in the election.
result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.
The result was announced on Sunday by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Returning Officer, for Onitsha North Constituency-I by-election, Prof. Ibiam Ekpe
Ekpe, announced that APGA scored 7,774 votes to defeat the candidate of the ADC, Mrs Justice Azuka, who garnered 1,909 votes, while APC polled 1,371
The lecturer from the federal University of Technology, Owerri, (FUTO), said that the flag bearer of APGA returned elected having polled the highest number of votes.
He commended the contestants for their peaceful conduct and voters for turning out en-masse to exercise their franchise.
The by-election came up following the gruesome killing of late Justice Azuka by gunmen on the eve of 2024 Christmas
She will become the second female legislator in the eighth Assembly alongside Hon Nkechi Ogbuefi.
