By Ngwuoke Ngwuoke
The Labour Party in Enugu State has picked a candidate to fly it’s flag in the rescheduled Senatorial election in Enugu East.
He is Kelvin Chukwu, younger brother to former candidate, Oyibo Chukwu, who was gruesomely murdered days to the February 25 election.
Kelvin Chukwu emerged at a run off election supervised by the party in the presence of two INEC observers on Sunday in Enugu.
The National Vice Chairman (South-East) of Labour Party, Innocent Okeke, who presided over the election, announced that Chukwu scored 223 votes while his opponents did not score any vote.
Chukwu defeated Uchenna Ogbodo, Chinedu Nneji and Christian Onyeni to emerge the party’s candidate.
Earlier, the Chairman, Labour Party in Enugu State, Casmir Agbo, praised the 231 delegates drawn from the 77 wards in Enugu East Senatorial zone for their resilience and support.
The Member-elect, Enugu North and South Federal Constituency, Chimaobi Atu, expressed joy that the delegates unanimously elected Chukwu to fly the party’s flag on behalf of his late elder brother.
Responding, Chukwu promised to fulfill all the dreams of his late brother and make Enugu East Senatorial Zone people proud.
He added that the family is yet to recover from the death of Chukwu and his personal aide.
