The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr. Peter Mbah has been declared the winner of the March 18 2023 governorship election in Enugu State.
According to the Returning Officer, Prof. Maduebibisi Iwe said the collation was taken over by the Independence National Electoral Commission headquarters in Abuja after Barr. Peter Mbah and Barr. Chijioke Edeoga could not have a common ground in the state.
He stated that after a review of the process, the votes for the PDP was reduced from 30,350 to 16,956. Which now makes LP polled 157,552 votes, while PDP polled 160,895 votes.
Frank Nweke of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, came third with 17, 983 votes.
Iwe declared the Barr. Peter Mbah of PDP, the winner of the election having satisfied the electoral law by having the highest votes cast and was returned elected.