Nigeria, June 21 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ikeje Asogwa, winner of Saturday's Enugu North Senatorial by-election.

Mr Asogwa scored 162,360 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nestor Ezeme of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 9,299 votes.

INEC had scheduled the Saturday's by-election for Enugu North District following the death of Okey Ezea, the senator representing the district in the red chamber.

Late Ezea, who died in November 2025, was a member of the Labour Party.

The Returning Officer for the by-election, Christian Ezeibe, announced the final result of the exercise on Sunday.

Mr Ezeibe, a professor at th...