Updates: Ebonyi State Governorship Elections
In Ebonyi state, the governorship race is a close contest between Incumbent David Umahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the candidate of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC), Sonni Ogbuoji.
Naija News recalls that in the February 23 elections, the PDP won all the three senatorial and six House of Representatives seats. This was blamed on the internal wrangling in the party which made the party stalwarts to work against the candidates of the APC.
Mr Umahi had won the governorship election in 2015 against all expectations. He was then the deputy to Governor Martin Elechi but the former governor endorsed Onyebuchi Chukwu as his successor. This prompted Mr Umahi to align with some major stakeholders in the state like former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, and Elechi’s predecessor, Sam Egwu.
Meanwhile, some candidates in the election including the governorship candidate of the Advanced Allied Party (AAP), Ogbonnaya Okorie, and the House of Assembly candidate of the party for Onicha West state constituency, Sylvester Ogbu; governorship candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Ozuma Peter, and others announced their withdrawal from the elections and declared their support for Mr Umahi’s second term bid.
Naija News would keep you up to speed with the latest happening during Ebonyi State State 2019 Governorship election keeps refreshing this page for the latest updates.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/03/09/live-update-ebonyi-state-2019-governorship-election/
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