Ebonyi State, Nigeria: The vice-chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikwe University and Ebonyi State Coalition officer, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku has declared the PDP gubernatorial candidate Engr. Dave Umahi as the winner of the governorship election in the state.
From Left : Engineer Dave Umahi, Sir Edward Nkwegu, Senator Julius Ucha
Engineer Dave Umahi is the state deputy governor and PDP aspirant. He scored a total vote of 289, 867 to win the election ahead of Sir Edward Nkwegu of the Labour Party (LP) who polled 124,817. The APC gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Julius Ucha polled only 27,583.