By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)
After days of intense behind the scene deliberation and election result's harmonization, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday night, declared Mr Peter Mba of the People Democratic Party (PDP) as the Governor-elect of Enugu state.
Mba, according to INEC, polled160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes. He has finally won the Saturday, March 18, 2023 governorship poll in Enugu state.
He scored 160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes.
Mba also relegated Frank Nweke Jnr, candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) to third position with a total of 17,983. Chief Uche Nnaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came fourth with a total score of 14,575 votes.
Announcing the results on Wednesday evening in Enugu at the resumption of the final collation of the results in Enugu, INEC's Returning Officer in the state, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe declared that Peter Mbah won the poll.
Before announcing the results, Prof. Iwe said he was requested to come to Enugu because the commission had concluded the review of the contentious results of Nkanu East and Nsukka LGAs.
The REC said, “We have come back to conclude the collation of results. We received some petitions particularly against Nsukka and Nkanu East LGAs and these things were taken to Abuja for resolution.
“The petition against Nsukka was overruled. That means whatever anybody had against Nsukka was not substantiated", REC Iwe stated. NNL.
