Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate and All Progressives Congress candidate, has been declared the winner of the Abia-North Senatorial elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to the nation’s electoral umpire, the former Governor received 30,805 votes to defeat his major opponents, Mao Ohuabunwa of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who received 15, 175 votes, and Nnamdi Iroh of the Labour Party, who received 27,540 votes.
INEC’s returning officer for Abia-North, Mr. Chinedu Nnamdi, declared Senator Kalu the winner after he received the constitutionally required votes at the Ohafia collation center.