Nigeria election result: PDP’s Stella Oduah wins Anambra North senatorial seat
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- Feb 25, 2019
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared former minister of Aviation, Sen. Stella Oduah, winner of the Anambra North Senatorial District.
Declaring the result on Monday in Onitsha, the Returning Officer, Prof. Hugh Maduka, said Oduah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 113,989 votes to defeat 20 other candidates.
He said Mr Emmanuel Chinedu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) came second with 59,937 votes while Mr Nelson Onubogu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged third with 11,995 votes.
The Returning Officer said Mr Chinedu Ekwealor of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came fourth with 1,024 votes.
He noted that the election went fine except in some areas where ballot boxes and votes were burnt by hoodlums.
“The election went fine but there were skirmishes especially the one documented in Oyi Local Government Area where votes were burnt,” he said.
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