Uwajumogu scored
56,076 votes to defeat Mr Athan Achonu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
who scored 43, 815 votes. Prof. Arinze Agbogu, the INEC Returning Officer for
Imo North Senatorial District, who announced the result in the early hours of
Friday, said the outcome was a summation of scores of July 23 and that
of July
28 exercise.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Uwajumogu, had scored 48,921 on
July 23, while Achonu, of the PDP, scored 40, 142 votes which made INEC to
declare the rerun inconclusive.
Agbogu said that available data before him
showed that Uwajumogu had majority of lawful votes cast, and therefore returned
elected for the Imo North Senatorial District. Similarly, INEC declared Mr
Nkenna Nzeruo of the APC winner of Oru East State Constituency, while Mr
Collins Chiji also of APC was declared winner for Isiala Mbano State
Constituency. The two state constituencies’ elections were equally declared
inconclusive due to reported cases of violence that marred the exercise in some
communities in the two areas on July 23.
Uwajumogu told journalists in Owerri
that he was highly elated over the victory, adding “my gratitude goes more to
Gov. Rochas Okorocha whose structure helped me to win this senatorial
election’’.
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