The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won all the 260 Councillorship seats in the 17 Local Government Areas of Enugu State. The election was conducted on Saturday across the State.
Declaring the results on Monday, the Chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), Professor Christian Ngwu, said PDP won all the 260 Councillorship seats.
On why the announcement of the election results were delayed, Ngwu said the Commission was scrutinizing the results.
ENSIEC had earlier on Sunday declared the PDP winner of all the 17 Chairmanship positions in the State.
Ngwu who was also the Returning Officer for the polls, stated that ENSIEC carefully collated and analyzed the results before the announcement. He said the electoral body made ensure that there were no mistakes or infractions of the electoral law.
Ngwu said, “PDP won all 260 Ward Councillorship positions within the 260 political wards in the State. The election was duly conducted and was most peaceful, fair, free and credible.
“ENSIEC ensured a level playing field for all 17 political parties that participated in the polls held on Saturday.
“Full details of the Councillorship election will come out and be made known to the public subsequently,” he said.
The Chairman noted that a Certificate of Return would soon be issued by the commission to the winners.
Ngwu also noted that there was no substantial record of violence during the polls.
“The commission is not aware of any violence or breakdown of law and order during the polls,” he said.
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