{"id":79382,"date":"2021-03-28T15:25:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T14:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=79382"},"modified":"2021-03-28T15:25:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T14:25:27","slug":"pdp-wins-aba-north-south-federal-constituency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-wins-aba-north-south-federal-constituency\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP wins Aba North\/ South federal constituency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m84210\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has won the Aba North\/Aba South Federal Constituency by- election, conducted, yesterday, in Aba.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Declaring the result in Aba, Returning Officer for the constituency, Prof. Fidelis Okpata of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, stated that PDP&#8217;s Chimaobi Ebisike polled 10,322 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress, (APC), candidate, Mascot Uzor Kalu who got 3,674 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Destiny Nwagwu, polled 1, 554, while Okey Prestige of the Action Alliance candidate, (AA), scored 199 votes.\u00a0 The APM and NRM candidates, scored 10 and 13 votes, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, the poll recorded low turnout in the two LGAs of the federal constituency as majority of the voters stayed away.<\/p>\n<p>But for the suspected bomb blast at the Umuola Hall, ward 8, Aba North LGA and the abduction of the collation agent for the APC in Aba North LGA, Engr. 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