By Ultimatenews
The Ebonyi State Electoral Commission, EBSIC, has declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in the local government elections held on Saturday.
The chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC), Barr Jossy Eze, who made the announcement in Abakaliki said APC won all the 13 local government chairmanship seats and the 171 councillorship seats.
According to him: "By the power vested in me by the law, I hereby declare the the results of the Chairmanship of each of the 13 local government as follows.
"One, Abakaliki local government, Mr Ebere Ogba of the APC, having satisfy the requirements of the law and scored the majority of valid vote casted at the election, is hereby returned as dully elected.
"Other elected APC Chairmen are, Chinedu Uburu, Ebonyi LGA, Chidiebere Uzor, Onicha LGA, Chinonso Ajah, Ohaozara, Ibiam Nnajiofor, Afikpo North, and Ekuma-Nkama Chima, Afikpo South amongst others.
"This Commission have received, considered, validated and adopted the results of each of the 171 cancilliorship of the wards. That is to say that APC have won in all the wards" he added.
Mr Chika Nwoba, Publicity Secrectary of the People Democractic Party in Ebonyi described the elections as "one man-show."
According to Nwoba, PDP as a party was not part of the elections held on Saturday.
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and other political parties in the state boycotted the LG polls.
Mr Ricky Okorouka, state Chairman of APGA had said that their decision not to participate in the elections was due to the refusal of the electoral body to reduce the N1 million and N200,000 nomination fees imposed for Chairmanship and Cancillorship respectively.
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