Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akarachi Amadi, has emerged as the winner of the supplementary election for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State held on Saturday.
The 29-year-old was declared victorious by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer in the state, Prof Boniface Okoro, Naija News reports.
While announcing the outcome of the polls late Sunday night at the federal constituency’s collation centre located at Nworuibi in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Okoro noted that Amadi polled the highest number of votes.
According to the REC, the APC candidate polled 21,372 votes, while his closest rival, Uche Ogbuagu of the Labour Party (LP), scored 18,296 votes.
The incumbent and the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Henry Nwawuba, garnered 7, 202 votes, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Usmond Ukanacho, polled 6,681 votes, Chinonso Uba of the African Democratic Congress scored 4, 100 votes, while Godstime Chukwunuikem of the Social Democratic Party got 246 votes.
Naija News understands that Amadi was celebrated in the area immediately the 29-year-old was returned as the winner of the election.
