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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Ogbaru Federal Constituency Election in Anambra state, Afam Victor Ogene, as the winner of Saturday's supplementary poll. Ogene defeated the incumbent House of Representatives member of the constituency, Chukwuma Onyema of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with a slim margin of 232 votes.
Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, decried the high rate of insecurity in the state The lawmakers, however, called on the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to tackle the situation. The lawmaker representing Nkanu West Constituency, Hon. Iloabuchi Aniagu suggested that as a panacea to the insecurity problem, everyone should arm themselves. Aniagu condemned the mopping up of arms, saying that instead, rich people should procure arms for the underprivileged to tackle insecurity head-on.
Worried by the recent spate of security challenges in Enugu State, the members of the Enugu State House of Assembly have called on the state government