Chinedum Elekwachi
Winner of the Saturday’s Anambra South Senatorial by-election, Emmanuel Nwachukwu has pledged to uphold late Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah’s legacy.
Nwachukwu made the pledge on Sunday while speaking to newsmen.
CoreTruth reports that 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.
The death of the Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, who represented Anambra South in the Senate in July, 2024 necessitated the conduct of a by-electio.
The election was contested by 12 political parties on Aug. 16.
“I promise to continue the legacy of the late Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah in the zone
“APGA’s next focus will be the Nov. 8 governorship election, which I know Gov. Chukwuma Soludo is not contesting with anyone”he said
Nwachukwu appreciated Gov. Soludo and APGA family for making his victory possible.
He also commended Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for conducting free and fair by-election in Anambra South.
Meanwhile, the APC candidate, Chief Azuka Okwuosa who emerged second in the election declared that the battle is not yet over.
Okwuosa alleged intimidation, harassment of the APC electorate by government agents.
He added that the people were determined to vote but were intimidated a lot.
“The battle is not yet over, my party and I will meet to analyse the entire process and take a decision,” he said.
