Former Governor of Enugu state and Senator representing Enugu East in the Senate, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani has congratulated his rival Kelvin Chukwu over his victory in the Saturday’s Senatorial election.
Senator Nnamani contested the Senatorial election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while Chukwu contested on the platform of Labour Party (LP).
Nnamani has lost his bid to return to the Senate as the Labour Party candidate, Sir Kelvin Chukwu was declared winner.
The LP candidate polled 69,136 to beat Nnamani of the PDP, who scored 48, 701 votes.
Kelvin replaced his murdred brother, Oyibo Chukwu, who was murdered few days to the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections.
Senator Nnamani in the congratulatory message said the outcome of the election reflected the wishes of the majority of constituents adding “the people have spoken”.
He explained that “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.
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