Umeh beat 13 other candidates to win the election held on Saturday 13th January following the cancellation of the 2015 election that saw the return of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mrs Uche Ekwunife as the winner.
Umeh who was declared the winner on Sunday morning polled 64,879 votes of the 67,872 total votes that were cast yesterday. His nearest opposition was the APC candidate who polled 975 votes.
Other parties that also garnered votes in the election are PPA: 116 votes, MPPP: 111 votes and LP: 95 votes, among others.
The election’s result was announced by the returning officer for the election, Prof Charles Esemone, a Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. He says: “Chief Sir Victor Umeh having polled the highest number of votes and satisfying the law is hereby returned elected.”
There was a low turn-out of voters during the Saturday’s election as we previously reported. Of the 745,828 registered voters, only 67,872 voters cast their vote yesterday, representing only about 9.1% participation.
