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House of Reps member from Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State

Obi Aguocha is a Nigerian politician and member of the 10th National Assembly from Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State on the ticket of the Labour Party, LP.

Political career

Aguocha of LP contested in the February 25, 2023 House of Representatives election for Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State against the candidate of the People's Democratic Party(PDP) and incumbent Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly Chinedum Orji. Orji is son of former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. Aguocha, a highly rated politician and onetime gubernatorial aspirant polled 48,199 votes to defeat Orji who scored 35,195 votes. Aguocha's win over Orji was one of major political upsets caused by the ‘effect of Peter Obi’ the presidential candidate of LP.

References

  1. John-Mark, Aisha (2023-02-27). "Abia State Speaker Loses Constituency to LP Candidate". Voice of Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  2. Cyril (2022-08-02). "2023: Peter Obi needs his party members at NASS -LP Reps candidate". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  3. Nigeria, News Agency of (2023-02-27). "Abia speaker loses Reps seat to Labour candidate". Peoples Gazette. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  4. "Abia Speaker loses to Labour Party greenhorn". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  5. "#NigeriaElections2023: LP Abia Reps winner dedicates victory to God". Punch Newspapers. 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-26.


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