Ebonyi Polls: Unsurprised victory of Dave umahi in gubernatorial election
His Excellency Engr. Dave Umahi. Governor of Ebonyi State.
It is not a surprise to Ebonyians of the emerged victory of Engr. Dave umahi, the governorship candidate of the people democratic party (PDP) and also the incumbent governor of Ebonyi state in the concluded 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.
Engr. Umahi, having won a total of 393,343 out of 482,018 valid votes cast in the election, floored his closest opponent, Sonni Ogbuoji of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who had 81,703 votes.
Given the trend of figures, Prof. Chukwuemeka Eze, the returning officer in the state, declared
people watching as an electoral officer raises a ballot to count results in a ward in Osun state (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
the incumbent governor winner of March 9th election.
The victory for Umahi means that he has the mandate to represent the people of the state for another four years as the strong will of Ebonyians were made manifest in the exercise of their franchise.
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