In what appears to be a slight shift from most local elections, two Igbo councillorship candidates, Austin Nwachukwu and Okoro Uzoma Anthony, have secured victory in the just concluded Plateau State Local Council elections.
On Monday, October 14th, the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission issued certificates of return to 304 councilors-elect across the state, including Nwachukwu and Uzoma.
Nwachukwu, from Abia State, was elected to represent Tafawa Bela Ward, in Jos North Local Government Area while Okoro, an indigene of Imo State, was elected councilor for Vanderpuye Ward, also in Jos North Local Government Area.
Both winners emerged victorious on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
While presenting the certificates at the PLASIEC headquarters in Jos, the state capital, the Commission’s chairman, Plangji Cishak, congratulated the councilors-elect for their victory in the council polls held on Wednesday 9th October.
However, the elections in 21 wards were inconclusive, leaving the councillors from those areas without certificates of return.
The PLASIEC chairman announced that a re-run election will be conducted in the affected wards on Saturday, October 19.
