29-year-old APC candidate wins Imo House of Reps election

Akarachi Amadi, a 29-year-old candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the supplementary election for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Amadi as the winner of the election on Sunday, April 16, 2023.

While announcing the votes polled by the candidates in the election, Returning Officer, Prof Boniface Okoro, said that the APC candidate polled the highest number of votes.

According to him, Amadi polled a total of 21, 372 votes while his closest rival, Uche Ogbuagu of the Labour Party, got a total of 18, 296 votes.

The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Henry Nwawuba, who is the incumbent house member secured 7, 202 votes, while the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Usmond Ukanacho, polled 6,681 votes.