Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the governor of Enugu State, lost his bid for the Senate to Okechukwu Ezea, the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the district.
Mr. Ugwuanyi, who is completing his second term as governor, is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 25 February election in the Enugu North Senatorial District.
At approximately 5:20 a.m. on Monday, the Returning Officer for the election, Chukwuemeka Ubaka, announced the results at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation center in the Nsukka Local Government Area headquarters.
Mr. Ezea, the LP candidate, received 104,492 votes to defeat Mr. Ugwuanyi, the PDP candidate, who received 46,948 votes.
Ejike Eze, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress in the district, received 6,816 votes, placing him in a distant third place.
Mr. Ubaka, a professor, stated that Mr. Ezea was declared the winner because he “met all the requirements of the law” and received the most votes in the election.
