Two Igbo councillorship candidates, Austin Nwachukwu and Okoro Uzoma Anthony, emerged winners in the just concluded Plateau State Local Council elections.
The Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission on Monday presented certificates of return to 304 councillors-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 councillor for Vanderpuye Ward, also in Jos North Local Government Area. Both secured their positions on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Presenting the certificates at the PLASIEC headquarters in Jos, the state capital, the commission’s chairman, Plangji Cishak, congratulated the councillors-elect for their victory in the council polls held last Wednesday.However, the elections in 21 wards were inconclusive, leaving the councillors from those areas without certificates of return.
The PLASIEC chairman confirmed that a re-run election will be conducted in the affected wards on Saturday, October 19.
