The candidate of the Labour Party Mr Afam Ogene has been declared the winner of Ogbaru Federal Constituency election by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.
Recall that the election was declared inconclusive by the electoral body following the cancellation of 45 polling units in the area and called for a Supplementary Election which was held last Saturday.
Before the election , the Labour Party Candidate was leading with 1 125 votes ahead of the PDP and APGA.
Announcing the result of the election the Returning Officer Prof Kingsley Uboji of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka said ;
“Candidate of the Labour Party Mr Victor Afam Ogene scored a total of 10,851 votes , Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party Mr Chukema Onyema scored 10, 619 while candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA Mr Arinze Awogu scored a total of 10, 155 votes.
With this result the Labour Party won a total of six Federal House of Representatives seats in Anambra state followed by APGA that won four seats while the Young Progressives Party YPP won one seats and PDP could not win any seat.
According to Ogene shortly after he was declared winner the outcome of the election is an infection that the wishes of the people of Ogbaru Federal Constituency prevailed adding that his victory is a challenge to provide effective representation in the next four years.
