114 senatotrial, Reps, candidates make INEC’s final list in Abia
. Ikpeazu, Abaribe, Uzor Kalu, Ohuabunwa scale through
By Steve Oko
No fewer than 114 candidates made the final list of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2023 senatorial and House of Representatives elections in Abia State.
A breakdown of the list obtained by Wawa News Global, shows that while 33 made the final list for the Senate, 81 scaled through for the House of Representatives.
The list signed by the Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, was published at the INEC headquarters Umuahia on Tuesday.
According to the list 11 candidates are contesting for Abia North senatotrial seat;10 for Abia Central; and 12 for Abia South.
The only three females in the male-dominated list include as discovered by Wawa News Global are: Carol Dike-Okorafor, All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA (Abia North); Nnennaya Nwosu, APM (Abia North); and Blessing Nwagba, All Progressive Congress, APC (Abia South).
According to the list, the oldest candidate is Desmond Ihezie of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, 89 (Abia South); while the youngests are Saidu Ahmed, also of NNPP ( Abia North), 36; and Joseph Ulu, NRM (Abia South), also 36.
Wawa News Global reports that some of the candidates that made the final list include: Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia South; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe; APGA ( Abia South); Senator Orji Uzor Kalu; APC (Abia North); and Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, PDP (Abia North).
Others are Col. Austin Akobundu, PDP ( Abia Central); Chief Chuku Wachuku, YPP ( Abia Central); and Darlington Nwokocha, Labour Party ( Abia Central) who has ” court order” as a remark against his column.
Meanwhile, out of the 81 candidates on the list of House of Representatives, only 12 are females while 69 are males.
The oldest candidate according to the list is Lawson Akpulonu, 77, African Democratic Congress, ADC (Ukwa East/Ukwa West federal consituency).
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