Labour Party Causes Upset In Enugu, Abia, Sweeps 4 House of Reps Seats

The Labour Party caused an upset by winning four House of Representatives seats in two states.

The party has won four House of Representatives seats in Abia and Enugu states.

In Enugu state, Romanus Eze, returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the result for Nsukka/Igbo-Eze on Sunday at the commission’s office in Nsukka.

Eze said Obetta polled a total of 50,881 votes to defeat Vita Abba of the PDP, who polled 19,347 votes.

Obetta was an aspirant for the seat on the PDP platform in May 2022, before he defected to the LP.

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In Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal constituency, Nwodo Stainless Chijioke of Labour Party also defeated the incumbent ruling party PDP candidate, Hon. Martins Oke.

Also in Udenu/Igbo-Eze North Federal constituency, Hon. Denis Agbo of Labour party floored the incumbent, Engr. Simon Atigwe of PDP.

Hon. Agbo was the immediate past House of Reps member under PDP who was defeated by Hon. Atigwe before the later decamped to Labour Party.

However, in another development, Ginger Onwusibe has been declared the winner of the Isiala Ngwa north/south federal constituency in Abia state.

Onwusibe was also a PDP member before he defected to LP.

Darlington Nwokocha won the election to represent Isiala Ngwa north/south federal constituency on the PDP platform in 2019, but for the 2023 elections, he secured the senatorial ticket of the LP to represent Abia central senatorial district.

Nwokocha was also declared the winner of the election on Sunday.

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