The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Akarachi Amadi as the winner of the supplementary election for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State held recently.
While announcing the votes garnered by all the candidates at the federal constituency’s collation centre located at Nworuibi in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area, the Federal Constituency Returning Officer, Prof Boniface Okoro, said that the APC candidate polled the highest number of votes.
The Returning Officer disclosed that the 29-year-old Amadi got a total of 21, 372 votes while his closest rival, Uche Ogbuagu, of the Labour Party, scored a total of 18, 296 votes.
On his part, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Henry Nwawuba, who is the incumbent, 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.
