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Omo Naija Don Win Election from Inside Prisons!

Enugu, Nigeria – No be joke o! Na Bright Ngene, the Labour Party candidate wey dey serve jail term, don win election for Enugu South 1 State Constituency. INEC announce am on August 19, 2025, and e be like say dis one dey shake ground big-time.

Wet go make this news even more jaga jaga na say Ngene dey prison as him dey serve seven-year sentence wey dem give am on top communal wahala wey state government carry come. Na wa! The man don dey churn out serious legal gist since 2017 over N15 million community development fund wey him, alongside two other bros, dey face for court.

As INEC drop di gist, dem confirm say Ngene carry the highest votes for the rerun election wey many people don dey sha, even if di polling officials no fit deliver vital materials for di August 16 event. Talk about being ubber prepared, abi? Dis na di fourth attempt to run dis election since dem order am from court, wey don dey collect serious palava from everywhere.

But as dem finally yarn say Ngene don defeat im closest rival, Sam Ngene of di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by more than 3,000 votes, e make sense. Na Sam Olumekun, wey be INEC National Commissioner, talk am for di official statement. Dem also declare say dem go present Ngene and oda elected candidates with their Certificates of Return on August 21 and 22, no be smoke! Dis be serious political juju.

Na inside 2023 wey Ngene first run for di State Assembly. You fit call am political comeback wey involve serious twist. Dem don try set up di rerun elections since February 2024, but everywhere just dey scatter with violence upandan. Wetin you expect? Na Naija we dey!

Apart from Ngene, di INEC still declare others like Ya’u Garba Gwarmai of di All Progressives Congress (APC) as di winner for Kano State election. So, wetin be di moral of di story? Even when you dey chop prison food, you fit still carry di win for side! Talk about resilience, right?

As di saga dey unfold, we dey watch as di Certificates go land on top dem August 21 and 22. E go be like mini event wey fit make pipo gather for INEC National Headquarters for Abuja. Just wonder how dem wan celebrate for prison side, abi make dem bring palm wine join di party?

E go sweet if dem fit use dis election wahala take shine light on many other electoral matter wey still dey ground. Na wetin we need, make dem just clear every confusion and give us di proper tory.

So, just sit down, grab your popcorn, and follow dis story as we dey still dey follow light from di political space. Naija no dey sleep, and dis na just di beginning!


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