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Abia speaker loses House of Reps election to Labour Party candidate

Chinedum Orji, Speaker of Abia House of Assembly has lost the House of Representatives election for Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency to a Labour Party candidate.

Abia speaker loses house of reps election to Labour Party candidate

Orji, who is the son of the former Governor Theodore Orji, contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, but lost to the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Obi Aguocha.

The Returning Officer, Uma Oke, said the LP candidate polled 48,199 votes to defeat Mr Orji of the PDP, who scored 35,196.

Abia speaker loses house of reps election to Labour Party candidate

Ogbonnaya Obilor of APC had 4,042 votes, while Ogbonna Abariukwu of APGA got 2,758. Obinna Nwosu of ADC scored 2386, while Friday Chimaobi of YPP polled 1013 votes.

Patience Okorie of NNPP got 644 votes; Christian Ibekwe Christian of NRM got 68 and Nnamdi Ogbuagu of APP scored 347.

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