By Ken Chiwendu
THE Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has won 15 Chairmanship seats in Saturday’s Local Government Elections in Abia, while the Young Progressives Party (YPP) took two seats.
Announcing the results in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, the Chairman of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC), Prof George Chima, said,
: “We have carried out the duty we were inaugurated on September 5 to undertake.
“It was not an easy task, but we went out on our way to create awareness about the elections across the state.
“It must be noted that, in recent times, this commission has not conducted an election where over 12 political parties took part, this on its own is a plus to the commission.”
The Chairman said that the chairmanship and councillorship polls took place in the 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs).
Describing the exercise as “free fair and credible”.Chima
said that the elections were a demonstration of the commission’s dedication, focus and efficiency despite the shortness of time.
He congratulated the winners and the losers saying “, because in any election there must be winners and losers”.
“I appreciate the security agencies for their support, political parties for playing the game according to the rule,” Chima added.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), ZLP won in Isiala Ngwa South, Isiala Ngwa North, Umuahia North, Umuahia South, Ukwa East, Ukwa West, Obingwa, Aba North, Aba South, Isuikwuato, Umunneochi, Arochukwu, Bende, and Ohafia LGAs.
The remaining two LGAs of Osisioma and Ugwunagbo were cleared by YPP.
