Jubilation as Labour Party wins first National Assembly seat

Labour Party wins first National Assembly seat

Ginger Onwusibe of the Labour Party has been declared the representative-elect for Isialangwa North and South Federal constituency in Abia State by the Independent Electoral Commission.

Ginger, a former Council Chairman, defeated the preferred candidate of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and his former Chief of Staff, Professor Anthony Agbazuere.

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Similarly, the constituency is home to the current Governor Ikpeazu, who is one of the G5-governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Ginger received 20,411 valid votes to defeat his PDP opponent, who received 13,508 votes, according to INEC.

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Ginger defeated Professor Agbazuere, the PDP candidate, even in his Isialangwa South LGA.

Members of the Labour Party are currently celebrating at the collation center.

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