Azuka Okwuosa Emerges APC Candidate For Anambra South Senatorial By-Election
Chief Azuka Okwuosa , a
A former Anambra governorship aspirant has candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the August 16 senatorial by-election for Anambra South Senatorial District..
Okwuosa defeated Mr Obinna Uzor with a total of 470 votes to 57 to clinch the ticket with 22 votes declared invalid.
The Anambra South Senatorial by-election is to replace late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who died in July last year.
Chief Henry Ikoh, Chairman of the 7-member APC congress committee said a total of 594 delegates from all the seven local government areas of the zone participated in the primary election.
“By the authority given to me by the acting national vice chairman of APC, I confirm that the election was held before INEC, security agent, media and delegates.
“The exercise was peaceful and I hereby declare that Azuka Okwuosa won the election and hereby returned,” he said.
In a reaction, Okwuosa said he was elated to be elected the candidate of the party for the election but noted that his acceptance with mixed feelings because of the loss of Ifeanyi Ubah.
“He was a great senator and within the period he was in the Senate, he did a lot and I see it as a challenge for me to take over from where he stopped.”
Azuka Okwuosa was born in Jos, Plateau state on November 3, 1959, to a devout Christian family from Anambra.
He has been a governorship contender on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
He had a brief stint in PDP between 1999 and 2003 before pitching a tent with the APC.
He was former chairman of the Nnewi North Local Government Council, a former commissioner for works and transport in Anambra State, and former Secretary General of the Southeast Development Initiative from 2002 to 2010.
