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Enugu State Governor-elect Peter Mbah
By CHARLES IWUOHA
Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State.
He narrowly defeated Hon. Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP).
Mbah was this Wednesday night, March 22, 2023, declared winner of last Saturdays election in the state by the by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He scored a total of 160895 votes, beating his main challenger, Edeoga, who won a total of 157,552 votes.
The collation of the results had been suspended on Monday by INEC following controversy arising from the alleged padding of figures from Nkanu East Local Government Area.
