2027: Oriji clinches ADC governorship ticket in Ebonyi

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, successful Ebonyi State has declared Mr Oriji Tobias Nnabuike arsenic the victor of its governorship superior predetermination up of the 2027 wide elections.

The Coordinator of Electoral Matters and State Returning Officer for the exercise, Mr. Bassie Umoke, announced the effect soon aft the decision of the superior held astatine the party’s authorities bureau on Old Enugu Road successful Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.

Umoke disclosed that Nnabuike secured a full of 6,400 votes to look victorious successful the governorship contention conducted crossed the 171 wards of the state.

He further revealed that 6,730 enactment members were accredited crossed the 13 section authorities areas of Ebonyi State, portion 6,400 delegates yet participated successful the voting exercise.

According to him, the predetermination was conducted astatine the ward level successful compliance with directives from the nationalist enactment of the party, adding that the process followed owed electoral procedures from the ward level to the last collation stage.

He explained that results from the wards were archetypal transmitted to constituency collation centres earlier moving to section authorities collation centres and subsequently to the authorities collation centre for last declaration.

Umoke noted that the elaborate process accounted f...