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Former Minister for Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah
By PAMELA EBOH, Awka
Former Minister for Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, was on Monday evening announced as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Anambra North District.
APGA National Publicity Secretary, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, confirmed Oduah's victory in a statement made available to the media.
According to Oparah, the election was conducted peacefully across all 99 wards in Anambra North Senatorial District, and results were announced at the ward level.
He said concerns were raised about some ward outcomes, but no result was changed, altered, or swapped at any stage.
According to him, all results remain as submitted and collated by the duly appointed Collation Officers for the 7 LGAs.
The breakdown of verified scores of the aspirants across the 7 LGAs are as follows:”
Anambra East
Sen. Stella Oduah – 2,541
Dr. Alex Obiogbolu – 175
Primus – 15,713
Sir John – 557
Anambra West
Sen. Stella Oduah – 1,639;
Dr. Alex Obiogbolu – 1,472;
Primus – 821
Sir John – 4,153
Ayamelum
Sen. Stella Oduah – 1,668
Dr. Alex Obiogbolu – 2,330
Primus – 777
Sir John – 1,378
Oyi
Sen. Stella Oduah – 2,306
Dr. Alex Obiogbolu – 376
Primus – 2,104
Sir John – 704
Onitsha North
Sen. Stella Oduah – 1,140
Dr. Alex Obiogbolu – 1,258
Primus – 77
Sir John – 329
Onitsha South
Sen. Stella Oduah – 2,663
Dr. Alex Obiogbolu – 733
Primus – 163
Sir John – 215
Ogbaru
Sen. Stella Oduah – 10,119
Dr. Alex Obiogbolu – 601
Primus – 192
Sir John – 234
Opara attested that the above results are authentic and urged those that didn’t win to seek redress within the internal mechanisms of the party.
“APGA maintains that only results authenticated through the party’s collation and verification process are valid. Aspirants with grievances are advised to use the internal dispute resolution mechanisms provided in the party’s guidelines”
“We congratulate the winner of the primary election, Senator Stella Adaeze Oduah, and commend all aspirants for their participation. We also commend party members in Anambra North for conducting themselves in line with the party’s code of conduct,” he added.
•APGA Anambra North 2027 Senatorial Candidate, Stella Oduah
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