By Elijah Ugani
The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Mrs. Maria Akwaji has been declared winer of the December 5th 2020 Obudu State House of Assembly bye-election.
Mrs. Akwaji pulled a total of 32,166 votes to defeat her close rival, Dr. Godwin Agbor of the All Progressive Congress APC scored a total of 3,546 votes.
Declaring the result, the Returning Officer, Prof. Abel Ezeoha maintained that “having satisfied scored the highest votes cast, I hereby declared Maria Akwaji of the People’s Democratic Party elected for the Obudu State House of Assembly bye-election”
Other parties scored the following votes; AAC 51, ADC 204, APC 3, APM 71, NNDP 76.
Total valid votes 36, 114
Rejected votes 505
Total votes cast 36, 619.