The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Emmanuel Nwachukwu winner of the Anambra South Senatorial bye-election.
Returning Officer for Nnewi, Frank Ojiako, announced that Nwachukwu polled 90,408 votes to defeat Azuka Okwuosa of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 19,847 votes, while Donald Amangbo of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) recorded 2,889 votes.
Similarly, in the Onitsha North I State Constituency election, Ifeoma Mini Azikiwe of APGA emerged victorious.
INEC’s Returning Officer, Professor Ibiam Ekpe, announced that Azikiwe garnered 7,774 votes to defeat Justina Azuka of the ADC, who scored 1,909.
According to him, the APC candidate, Ezennia Chuka Ojekwe, and YPP’s Njideka Ndiwe polled 1,371 and 655 votes, respectively.
Azikiwe will serve out the remaining two years of the late Justice Azuka, who was kidnapped in December 2024 and later found dead near the 2nd Niger Bridge in February 2025.
