How Princess Oduah won Anambra North Senatorial Zone against expectation that Dubem Obaze won

                             
Oduah polled 143, 178 votes to win; while Chief Dubem Obaze of APGA got 70,906 votes to come second in the race.


The PDP candidate for Anambra North Senatorial Zone, Princess Stella Oduah, has won the Anambra North Senatorial seat with a landslide victory, in the early hours of this morning.
Chief Ralph Okeke of the APC got 6,891 votes to come a distant third in the race.

Oduah beat her closet rival with a margin of 72,272 votes, where a total of 230, 498 votes was cast; and a total of 7,784 votes got rejected.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the zone, Mr. Celestine Sunday Okaro, who declared Oduah the winner at the Onitsha North Local Government Council Secretariat, said that Oduah stands returned as the Senator of the zone.

``By the powers conferred on me by the INEC Act as amended, I hereby declare Princess Stella Oduah of the PDP with 143,178 votes the winner; having scored the highest votes, returned.

``I would like to thank the party agents, security personnel, the media men and INEC officers for their co-operation, patient and comportment while this exercise lasted,’’ Okaro said.

Princess Oduah recorded about 62% victory over her opponents, winning in five out of the seven local governments of the zone, while her closet rival, Chief Dubem Obaze scored 31%.

She pulled 9,782 votes in Ayamelum to APGA’s 15,292 votes; in Onitsha North, she recorded a whopping 43,237 votes to APGA’s 8,860 votes.

The Princess also proved a power house she is as she took Onitsha South as well, registering 25,875 to Dubem’s 10,110 votes.

In Oyi, she still kept the pace with 12,301, while APGA came close at 10, 682 votes. Anambra West also kept faith with the lady as she garnered 9,007 votes to Dubem’s 5,863. But Anambra East rebelled by giving her 8,871, while Dubem coasted home with 12,342 votes.

But Ogbaru, her home Local Government gave her befitting last lap victory with 34,388 votes to Dubem’s 7, 747.