Chimaroke Nnamani, the incumbent senator representing Enugu East senatorial district on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, has lost the election to Kevin Chukwu of the Labour Party.
Kevin polled 69,136 votes to defeat Chimaroke, a former governor of the state who scored 48,701 votes.
The election was conducted on Saturday, March 18, after being postponed from February 25 following the murder of Labour Party’s former flagbearer, Oyibo Chukwu.
Oyibo Chukwu, who was murdered a few days before the presidential and National Assembly, is the older brother of Kevin Chukwu, who is now Senator-Elect for the district.
Chimaroke who has now conceded defeat, said the outcome of the election reflected the wishes of the majority of constituents adding “the people have spoken”.
He said in a statement;
“The result of the election is in tandem with the rave of the moment in the South East zone who have identified with Labour Party. A contrary result would have negated the trend.
“I wish the Enugu East Senator-Elect a successful tenure in the upper legislative chamber.”
He also told his supporters to remain calm and accept the outcome of the election in good faith.
