PDP emerges victorious in Enugu LG polls, wins 14 chairmanship seats

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- The PDP wins 14 chairmanship seats in Enugu LG polls

- The Enugu state independent electoral commission chairman, Mike Ajogwu, says the exercise was free, fair and void of violence

The People Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged victorious in the Enugu state local council elections which took place on Saturday, November 4.

Out of the seventeen chairmanship and counsellorship positions that were contested, the party has been named as the winner 14 chairmanship seats so for, according to announcements by the Enugu state Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), chairman, Mike Ajogwu (SAN), the Nation reports.

ENSIEC boss stated that the results from three local government areas including Awgu, Ezeagu and Udi, the home council of the former governor, Sullivan Chime were still being awaited.

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Ajogwu said the exercise was free, fair and void of violence.

I’m not aware of any bomb explosions, violence, rigging or mal-practice during the election. This election is reliable and credible,” he said.

Meanwhile, former minister of information and culture, Prince Tony Momoh, has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot lose any election in Nigeria if he decides to go for a second term.

The founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said apart from the late Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, Buhari now understands Nigeria more than any other Nigerian leader in time past.

Momoh also faulted suggestions that the president is sick and cannot work, adding that Buhari’s sickness was exaggerated, The Sun reports.

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