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BREAKING: Gov Umahi re-elected for second term in Ebonyi

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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has been declared winner of the March 9 governorship election in the state.

Declaring the result at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, State Headquarters in Abakaliki, the Returning Officer, Prof. Chukwuemeka Eze, said the governor garnered a total of 393,343 votes cast across the 13 local governments in the state.

His closest Challenger, Sonni Ogbuoji of the All Progressive Congress (APC) got a total of 81703 votes cast to place a distant second.

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chibueze Agbo place third will just 10,129 votes.

Eze said the total valid votes was 48,2018 while 10, 984 votes were rejected bringing the total votes cast for the election to 493002.

Umahi thanked the people of Ebonyi state for re-electing him...

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