The senator representing the Abia North senatorial district, Mao Ohuabunwa of the Peoples Democratic party, has lost in his reelection bid to a former Governor of Abia state, Chief Orji-Uzor Kalu of the All Progressive Congress.
The returning officer for senatorial election Dr. Charles Anumodu declared Kalu winner having polled 31,203 votes defeat Ohuabunwa who polled 20,801 votes and the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance Chief David Ogba who scored 11,410 votes.
Meanwhile Ohuabunwa has rejected the result of the election in a statement from his campaign Organization.
Ohuabunwa in the statement signed by Mr. Ukpai Ukairo stated that there has not been a return on the Abia North senatorial election, pointing out that the true position was that results were still being collated.
The statement partly read,
“It has come to our knowledge that INEC operatives in their haste to arrive at a pre-determined conclusion manipulated the electoral process to the shock of all well-meaning patriots who believe in democracy.
” In this respect, it is tragic that INEC could conduct an election without the issuance of form EC40G, a form used to capture cancelled votes and places where there were no voting.
“In the circumstances of the above, we demand that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Abia State should to direct the Returning Officer of the Abia North Senatorial Election to make the requisite declaration in accordance with the dictates of Rule 17E(e) of the guidelines for the conduct of of elections issued by INEC by cancelling the elections completely”.
