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Gov. Umahi defeats brother, 3 others at Ebonyi South senatorial re-run primary election
1 Gov. David Umahi on Sunday defeated his younger brother, Austin and three other contestants to win the re-run All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for Ebonyi south senatorial district.
2 Prof. Emmanuel Adebayo, Leader of APC’s national committee to the primary declared the governor winner at the end of the exercise held at the Afikpo North Local Government Council headquarters.
3 Adebayo announced that the governor won the contest with 250 votes while his younger brother Austin, polled 10 votes.
4 “Mrs Elizabeth Chukwu polled five votes; Mrs Magareth Ibiam got three votes, while Mrs Ann Agom-Eze scored zero votes.
5 “Total number of votes cast were 275; total valid votes were 268, while invalid votes were seven,’’ he announced.
6 Umahi in his acceptance speech commended the committee for conducting a peaceful and credible primary election, noting that the APC has transparency and credibility as its watchwords.
7 “APC is rooted in Ebonyi and will surely sweep the electoral stakes at the 2023 general elections,’’ the governor assured.
8 On July 22, a Federal High Court in Abakaliki dismissed a suit filed by Umahi seeking it to recognise him as the APC’s candidate for the senatorial district.
9 The court instead recognised Mrs Ann Agom-Eze who placed second at the May 28 primary election as the candidate but ordered a re-run of the election within 14 days.
