Senator representing Anambra North in the National Assembly, Stella Oduah has won the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the Senate seat for the second term.
Oduah’s victory came barely 48 hours after the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said the senator absconded from service during the 1982/1983 service year.
She polled 278 votes to emerge winner, beating her contender, Tony Nwoye, who got one vote while John Okechukwu didn’t get any vote.
Nwoye had withdrawn from the contest a few days earlier.
Also a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chris Uba and Senator representing Anambra Central District Iyom Uche Ekwunife picked the party tickets for the 2023 elections.
Uba picked the ticket of Anambra South Senatorial District after scoring 348 votes out of 454 votes cast at the primary election held in Awka Anambra State.
Ekwunife was returned unopposed because nobody was contesting against her.
However, two of the aspirants for Anambra South Senatorial District, Barrister Obinna Uzor and Valentine Ozigbo, withdrew from the contest, saying that they had no confidence in the electoral process.
The primary election was witnessed by Independent Electoral Commission, INEC and delegation from the party national office.
