The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the senatorial candidate of the Labour Party for the Anambra North district, Tony Nwoye, the winner of last Saturday’s senatorial election in the district.
The results were declared last night after sorting out the initial problems at the Ogbaru wards.
The INEC Returning Officer for Anambra North, Kingsley Ubaorji said Nwoye scored 94,779 votes to defeat the incumbent Senator, Stella Oduah of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 50,146 votes.
The wife of the immediate past governor of the state, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance scored 48,212 votes to come in the third place.
Ubaorji, therefore, declared and returned Nwoye winner having satisfied the constitutional required number of valid votes cast for the election.
