Enugu North by-election: APC candidate emerges winner

Chief Ikeje Asogwa, the campaigner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has emerged the victor of the June 20, 2026 Enugu North Senatorial District by-election.

Asogwa polled 162,360 votes to decision his closest rival, Chief Nestor Ezeme of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who scored 9,299 votes.

The by-election was conducted to regenerate precocious Senator Okey Ezea, who was representing the territory astatine the clip helium died connected November 18, 2025, astatine the property of 62.

Announcing the effect on Sunday in Nsukka, the Returning Officer of the election, Prof Christian Ezeibe, the Dean, Department of Students Affairs astatine University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, said Asogwa scored the highest votes successful the predetermination to look the winner.

“Asogwa having satisfied the requirements of the instrumentality successful this predetermination is hereby declared the victor and is returned.

“I convey you each for your cooperation, enactment and maturity that made the by-election a success,” helium said.

According to Ezeibe, the fig of registered voters successful Enugu North Senatorial District was 727, 340 portion 184,094 were accredited successful the election.

A breakdown of the effect scored by 5 different candidates showed that Chika Idoko Emmanuel of the African Democratic Party, ADC, polled 1,676 votes portion Kingsley Aneke of Boot Party, BP, got 1607 votes.

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