The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga, is leading with a slim margin after the collation of the results of Saturday’s governorship election from eight local government areas of the state.
There are 17 local government areas in the state. This implies that the results from nine local government areas of the state, which could still tilt the balance, are still being awaited.
The results of the first eight local government areas were announced on Sunday at the State Collation Centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu.
Collation officers from the eight local government areas submitted the results to the Returning Officer for the election, Maduebibisi Iwe.
The local government areas where results for the governorship election have been collated are Uzo-Uwani, Udi, Igbo-Eze North, Oji River, Ezeagu, Aninrii, Igbo-Etiti, and IIsi-Uzo.
The LP candidate, Mr Edeoga, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival,…
