The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 17 chairmanship seats and 259 out of the 260 councillorship seats in Enugu State.
Announcing the results of the council poll which took place last Saturday, the chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ESIEC), Dr Boniface Eneh disclosed that chairmanship contest only took place in two local government areas (Awgu and Isiuzo) while the ‘Yes Vote’ system was adopted in the other 15 council areas where the opposition did not field candidates against the PDP.
The chairman of the electoral body said though there was voter apathy in some parts of the states, he was satisfied with the final outcome of the result.
He added that the inability of political parties to educate and sensitise their members before? the polls contributed immensely to the voter apathy recorded during the election.
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