The Peoples Democratic Party has won the National Assembly polls in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Announcing the result in Awgu on Sunday, the INEC Returning Officer in the council, Prof. Emmanuel Eze, disclosed that the PDP polled 18,879 votes while the All Progressives Congress got 2,710 votes for Enugu West Senatorial District seat.
For the House of Representatives, Eze said the PDP polled 18,958, followed by the APC with 2,817 votes and the All Progressives Grand Alliance having 1,335 votes.
The returning officer said valid votes cast were 23,607 out of the total 24,442 registered voters with 840 void votes.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the senatorial contest was between the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu of the PDP, and Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, former Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Reform, for the APC.
NAN reports that PDP two term lawmaker, Toby Okechukwu, is contesting with an ace broadcaster, Obiora Ilo, of the African Independent Television for the APC for Awgu/Aninri/Oji River Federal Constituency.