APC Wins Imo By-Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Blyden Okanni of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Ngor Okpala State Constituency by-election in Imo State.
According to the INEC Returning Officer for the election, Professor Dennis Akoh, who announced the result in Owerri on Sunday, said Okanni polled 9,248 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Emeka Nwachukwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 7,161 votes.
Akoh, a lecturer at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwor (FUNAI) in Ebonyi, said the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Mr Christopher Nwaiwu came third with 501 votes.
The returning officer said of the 11 candidates that participated in the by-election, the only female candidate, representing the National Rescue Movement (NRM), Mrs Joy Nze, got 15 votes, adding that a total of 18,083 voters were accredited for the poll, out of a total of the 94,118 registered voters in the area.
He said the total valid votes cast were 17,280, while 582 votes were rejected. – NAN
