The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Stepen Adi Odey, as the winner of the Cross River North senatorial bye-election.
INEC Returning Officer and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Ameh Dennis Akoh, said Dr. Odey polled 129,207 votes.
The runner-up is the APC candidate, Joe Odey Agi, who scored 19,165 votes. The valid votes in the bye-election were 149,794 while 2,206 were rejected out of the 152,000 votes that were cast.
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Meanwhile, Mary Godwin Akwaji of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has also been declared the winner of Obudu State Constituency bye-lection.
The returning officer, Professor Abel Ezeozha, said she scored 32,166 votes to defeat her APC opponent, Abor Adajeh Godwin, who polled 3,546 votes.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
