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Suspended PDP Bigwig Loses Rerun Senatorial Election, Winner Emerges
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Suspended PDP Bigwig Loses Rerun Senatorial Election, Winner Emerges

by  Bada Yusuf 1 min read

Chimaroke Nnamani, the former governor of Enugu state, has lost his bid to be re-elected as Enugu east senatorial district to Kelvin Chukwu, the candidate of the Labour Party in the district.

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Kelvin Chukwu garnered 69, 136 to defeat the incumbent Chimaroke who was flagging on the ballot of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 48, 701 votes, Vanguard reported.

Chimaroke Nnamani/PDP/2023 Election/Enugu/Southeast/Labour Party
Nnamani loses to Labour Party candidate in Enugu Photo Credit: Chimaroke Nnamani
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Chukwu replaced his brother, Oyibo Chukwu, who was killed a few days before the February 25 presidential and national assembly election.

The elected senator is a younger brother of Oyibo Chukwu to replaced his late brother.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng

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