venue of a PDP congress.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the
chairmanship and councilorship seats in the elections conducted in
the 13 local government areas (LGAs) of Ebonyi State.
The Chairman of the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral
Commission (EBSIEC), Jossy Eze, announced this on Sunday in
Abakaliki, the state capital.
He disclosed that among the 13 political parties that
participated in the polls conducted on Saturday, the candidates of
the PDP won all the 13 LGAs and cleared the 171 wards in the
state.
Eze explained that EBSIEC adopted the chairmanship results for
the 13 LGAs as announced by various LGA returning officers, as well
as the councillorship results announced at the 171 electoral
wards.
He commended all stakeholders involved in the conduct of the
elections, especially the contestants for their spirit of
sportsmanship.
south-east Nigeria.
The EBSIEC boss also thanked the state government “for not
interfering in the conduct of the elections,” noting that this
helped in making the polls credible, free, and fair.
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He said, “The elections have been won and lost, but the victory
is for everybody who participated in the elections.
“The winners should carry everybody along and everyone should
contribute to delivering democratic dividends to people at the
grassroots, which the local government areas represent.”
In the poll conducted in Abakaliki LGA, Emmanuel Nwangele was
declared the winner of the chairmanship position while Obiageri
Oko-Enyim, Eni Uduma, Chinyere Nwogbaga, won the chairmanship seats
in Afikpo North, Afikpo South, and Ebonyi LGAs respectively.
Similarly, Dr Nora Alo won the chairmanship seat in Ezza North
LGA, while EBSIEC declared Kenneth Eze, Stephen Orogwu, Henry Eze,
and Onyebuchi Ogbadu as the chairmen-elect in Ezza South, Ikwo,
Ishiellu, and Ivo LGAs.
Others who won the chairmanship seats in the polls included Paul
Nwogha (Izzi LGA), Chinyere Iyioku (Ohaozara LGA), Clement Odah
(Ohaukwu LGA), and Felix Igboke (Onicha LGA).