The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Stephen Odey, winner of the Cross River Northern Senatorial District bye-election held on Saturday, December 5.
Odey scored a total of 129,207 votes to defeat his closest rival, Joe Agi of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 19,165 votes, according to the returning officer for the election, Prof Ameh Akoh.
The PDP’s candidate, Maria Godwin Akwaji, also won the Obudu State Constituency seat in the House of Assembly with 32,166 votes. The APC’s candidate, Abor Adaje, came second with 3,546 votes.
In Ogoja, the PDP polled 16,235 votes followed by APC with 2,634 votes. In Bekwarra, PDP got 21,195 followed by APC with 2,576 votes.
PDP also won in Obudu, recording 31,551 votes followed by the APC with 3,300 votes.
In Yala, the PDP polled 45,718 votes, while the APC won 8,081 votes.
The results were declared at the INEC’s office in Ogoja in the presence of the returning officer for the election and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme University, Ebonyi, Prof Omaka Nduka.
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