Former minister of aviation, Stella Oduah, has been declared winner of the Anambra North Senatorial District by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Declaring the result in Onitsha on Monday, INEC returning officer, Prof. Hugh Maduka, said Oduah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 113,989 votes to defeat 20 other candidates.
Emmanuel Chinedu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) came second with 59,937 votes while Nelson Onubogu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged third with 11,995 votes.
Prof Maduka said Chinedu Ekwealor of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came fourth with 1,024 votes.
He noted that the election went fine except in some areas where ballot boxes and votes were burnt by hoodlums.
“The election went fine but there were skirmishes especially the one documented in Oyi Local Government Area where votes were burnt,” he said.
Reacting to her victory, Oduah said her re-election for second tenure was prove of God’s love for her and her people.
A serving senator, Oduah promised to sustain her quality representation at the Red Chambers, saying “it is a duty to further improve the livelihood of the people of my senatorial district.”
She commended INEC on the conduct of the poll, but called for an improvement in the voting process.
