Former Governor of Enugu state and Senator representing Enugu East in the Senate, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani has been sent packing from the Senate, and has sent a message of congratulation to his rival Kelvin Chukwu over his victory in the Saturday’s Senatorial election.
Chukwu, who came in as a late replacement for his murdered elder brother, Oyibo, caused an upset for Nnamani. Late Oyibo was killed a few days to the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections, prompting the Labour Party to ask for a postponement of the election in that district to enable it replace its candidate.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) agreed to the request amid wagging tongues as to who stood to benefit from the murder of the lawyer.
Kevin polled 69,136 votes to defeat Chimaroke, who scored 48,701 votes.
Senator Nnamani contested the Senatorial election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while Chukwu contested on the platform of Labour Party (LP).
Senator Nnamani in the 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.
