LP’s Obika wins House of Reps for Bwari/AMAC Federal Constituency

Obika Chinedu, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, has won the House of Representatives election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

The Collation and Returning Officer for Bwari/AMAC Federal Constituency, Professor Ukertor Gabriel made the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja.

Gabriel said Chinedu won 201, 308 votes out of a total of 326, 463 votes cast to emerge the winner.

The returning officer said Chinedu defeated Micah Jiba, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got a total of 58,809 votes.

According to the returning Officer, Suleiman Ribadu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled a total of 44,808 votes, while Obute Ann of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 3,289 votes.

The don further said there were 1,127,794 registered voters, 340,400 accredited voters, 322,065 valid votes and 4,398 rejected votes.

Meanwhile, the NNPP, PDP, and PRP candidates have rejected the results, alleging there were irregularities.