The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Awka, the Anambra state capital this afternoon, nullified the election of Hon. Maureen Chinwe Gwacham of the All Progressives Grand Alliance as the member representing Oyi/Ayamelum federal constituency.
The tribunal in a petition filed by Hon. Uchenna Okafor (Wiper) of the Young Progressives Party ordered for a re-run in 8 polling units in Umueje ward, Ayamelum LGA.
Mrs Gwacham was declared the winner of the February 25 National Assembly poll after INEC declared her votes as 15299 while Hon. Okafor (Wiper) garnered a total of 13332 votes, Labour Party candidate Chira Obiora Uzochukwu scored 8159 votes with the former incumbent House of Representatives PDP member, Hon. Vincent Ofumelu handed 6912 votes.
You may recall that voting in Umueje ward was deliberately scuttled as it is a well-known political enclave and support base of the YPP Candidate, Hon Okafor (Wiper).
Meanwhile, PDP’s Ofumelu had his petition struck out this afternoon.
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) is leading a charge for a change of the old political order in the Southeast.
