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LP’s Nwokocha Floors Akobundu, Onuigbo To Win Abia Central Senate Seat

The Labour Party candidate for Abia Central senatorial district, Darlington Nwokocha has been declared winner of the Senate seat.

Darlington Nwokocha won the election to represent Isiala Ngwa north/south federal constituency on the PDP platform in 2019.

For the 2023 elections, he secured the senatorial ticket of the LP to represent Abia central senatorial district.

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Nwokocha was also declared the winner of the election on Sunday by the INEC returning officer for the constituency, Prof. Udo Herbert.

He polled 92,116 the defeat the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Okwudiri Akobundu who came second with a total number of 41,447 while APC’s Samuel Onuigbo scored 7997 to come third.

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