The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 13 chairmanship and 171 councillorship seats in the 22 August local government elections in Ebonyi State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no other political party participated in the council elections.
Patrick Enyi, chairman, Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC), announced the results in Abakaliki on Sunday, saying that APC candidates won all the seats.
The chairmen-elect include Osborne Umahi, son of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, for Ohaozara Local Government Area.
Others are Peace Agwu, Ishielu; Paul Ituma, Ohaukwu; Friday Nwuhuo, Ezza North; Chinedu Mkpuma, Ezza South; Chidi Nwode, Ikwo; Timothy Nwachi, Afikpo North; and Ikechukwu Ogbofia, Onicha.
Others are Michael Anyim, Ivo; Simeon Onuoha, Edda; Helen Aduga, Izzi; Chidiebere Alo, Abakaliki; and Chibueze Odigwe, Ebonyi.
Mr Enyi said all the APC candidates emerged winners in their respective constituencies and were duly returned as chairmen and councillors.
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He described the elections as peaceful, free and fair, and congratulated the winners.
NAN reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Ebonyi rejected the elections, describing the exercise as a “mono-party poll” allegedly conducted in defiance of subsisting court judgements.
The PDP spokesman in Ebonyi, Darlington Onwe, said the party considered the exercise “not an election at all.”
Mr Onwe alleged that EBSIEC and the state government had failed to ensure genuine participation by all registered political parties.
He argued that the exercise was unconstitutional and incapable of conferring legitimacy on any candidate who emerged from it.
(NAN)
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