The Spokesman of the 9th House of Representatives and All Progressive Congress (APC) Candidate for Bende Federal Constituency, Southeast Nigeria, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has won the National Assembly election.
The incumbent representative flawlessly defeated his opponents at the Polls including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) candidates.
The returning officer, Adindu Chidinma announced the results as follows:
APC – 10,020
LP – 6818
PDP – 3930
ADC – 90
APGA – 301
APN – 184
APP – 72
NNPP – 60
SDP – 17
YPP – 105
Number of Accredited Voters – 22,308
In a statement by the Hon. Kalu, he described his victory as a result of ‘hard work’.
“This is a moment of happiness, this victory is sweet because it came with a lot of hard work and confrontation between those outside and some forces within the party. But in all of this God has seen the sincerity of our hearts to serve the people of Bende with transparency, honesty, in the spirit of accountability and his name has been glorified. I thank everyone who played one role or the other in making this come to pass; my team of staff, campaign council, my party APC, my fathers in politics, friends and well-wishers. May God grant you all the desires of your hearts.” Hon Kalu said.
He promised the Bende Constituents that his win will bring about another tenure of hard work, dedication and people centred representation.
