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Dino Melaye, Ekweremadu win Senate seats



Senator Dino Melaye and Ike Ekweremadu both of the Peoples Democratic Party, in Kogi West and Enugu West Senatorial Districts have both been declared winner in the Senatorial election held on Feb. 23.

Dino Melaye and DSP Ike Ekweremadu 


In the case of Kogi West Senatorial Districts, the Returning Officer , Prof. Emmanuel Bala announced in the early hours of Monday in Lokoja that Melaye polled 85, 395 votes to defeat Sen . Smart Adeyemi of the APC who scored 66, 901 votes.

In another interesting development, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu , PDP candidate has also been declared winner of Enugu West Senatorial District for the fifth time in Saturday National Assembly election.

Ekweremadu polled 86,088 votes to defeat his closest rival , Mrs Juliet Ibekaku - Nwagwu of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) who scored 15,187 votes.

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The Returning Officer , Prof Douglas Nwagbo of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka ( UNN) announced the results in Awgu on Sunday.
Reacting to his victory , Senator Ekweremadu expressed satisfaction with the result, applauding the INEC for the smooth and peaceful conduct of the elections. (NAN )



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