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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Saturday’s Ebonyi South Senatorial bye-election, Prof. Anthony Ani, has been announced winner of the poll. Ani won with 46,270 votes, defeating his closest rival, Ifeanyi Eleje of APGA who garnered 3,513. Silas Onu of the PDP polled 2,783 votes and Mr Linus Okorie of the LP scored 2,710 votes in the election. Returning Officer for the Ebonyi South Senatorial election, Eze Uchechukwu, disclosed this on Sunday in Afikpo Local Government Area of the state. According to Eze, Prof. Ani, having certified the law, is declared the winner…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The National Secretary of Labour Party, Umar Farouk, has described the House of Representatives re-run election in Igbo-Eze/Udenu Federal Constituency as a sham and called for a total cancellation of the exercise in the federal constituency. Umar who led a Labour Party Monitoring team to polling stations involved in the bye-elections told journalists that due process had not been followed, accreditation had been compromised, result sheets hijacked, BIVAS machines disregarded and voters not allowed to exercise their rights to vote. The National Secretary who addressed the press in company of the Labour Party House of Representatives candidate,…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Electricity Consumers of Nigeria (ECAN), South East zonal chapter, has accused those it described as “mortal enemies” of the geopolitical zone, of sabotaging the takeoff of the Geometric Power plant in the Osisioma Industrial Estate in Aba, Abia State. The inability of the multi-million dollar power generation company to function effectively has hampered power distribution in Aba and its environs. ECAN, in a statement in Enugu on Saturday, said that “the forces against South-East progress went to work immediately the media published that Geometric Power, the largest investment in the South-East, is about to be commissioned.” The…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), traded words on Saturday over the conduct of Ebonyi South Senatorial bye-election. While the PDP alleged massive irregularities, the APC thumbed up the conduct of the election. Senatorial candidate of the PDP, Silas Onu, speaking to reporters at his Ishieke polling unit, Uburu Ohaozara Local Government Area, accused APC of vote buying, ballot snatching and other irregularities. He said: “It is probably bye and not an election. That is what we are seeing, especially in Ohaozara Local Government Area. There is no election. “The APC has…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Heavy protest has rocked the ongoing conduct of the re-run election holding in Enugu South Urban State constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Members of the Labour Party, who converged at the Robinson Primary School, Uwani and Uwani Secondary School venues of the election, raised an alarm and alleged that the election umpire failed to present original result sheets for the election. However, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who held a counter protest, said that they have seen the result sheets, insisting that the election must hold as planned. The bye-election is holding…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Voters in the rerun elections for Orumba North/South Federal Constituency and Nnewi North/South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, Anambra State, have called for the extension of voting time in the ongoing election in the state. According to the voters, INEC should extend the voting time to 4pm because of the late arrival of voting materials. It would be recalled that elections were initially cancelled by the Court of Appeal and a rerun ordered at the affected areas after aggrieved candidates approached the Court seeking for cancellation of the results. Consequently, the rerun election is taking place in 16 polling units…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Security agents from Nigerian Army on Saturday arrested two persons in Afikpo Local Government Area on the day of Ebonyi South Senatorial bye-election. One of the arrested persons, a youth Leader in the area, Obila Ojo, was picked up at night in his residence. He was later released after several hours following repeated pressure mounted by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Ifeanyi Eleje. The military also stormed the Afikpo New Market polling unit at about 1pm and arrested one Inya Kenneth. His wife, Margaret Inya said an opposition member came with the Army officers and…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Soldiers on Saturday barred journalists from moving around to monitor the the Ebonyi bye-lection in Ebonyi South Senatorial zone. Twice a military convoy stopped journalists and refused them passage for more than 40 minutes each. As a result, the Journalist who left early from Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital could not cover the Minister of Works, David Umahi, while casting his vote at his Umunaga polling unit in Ohaozara Local Government Area. The two incidents happened along the Uburu-Abaomege highway in the Uburu, Ohaozara LGA. True to forecasts, turnout of voters has been relatively very low in today’s…

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has unveiled an ultramodern mega pavilion at Enugu South Local Government Headquarters, Uwani-Enugu, built by the Chairman of the Council, Barrister Chimezie Nkwuo. Mbah, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Ifeanyi Ossai, commended the local government chairman for his vision. The Pavilion which was named after a great political icon and former Governor of old Anambra State, Dr. Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, was adorned by Nigerian colour of Green White and Green. In his speech during the unveiling, Mr Aka Eze Aka, Enugu State Commissioner for Information and Communication, said that the edifice was…

…Discussing with EEDC to boost power supply Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State, has said that 26 new roads are at various stages of completion. Otti who stated this during a media parley in Umuahia said his is committed to bridging the infrastructural deficit in the state. He said his desire was to open up every part of Abia and make it attractive to investors, assuring that the old order is gone. He acknowledged the great works of the engineers of the Ministry of Works in repairing street roads in the state, but said he had no…