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The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP<\/a>) in Enugu State won all the 17 chairmanship and 260 councillorship seats in the local government elections held in the state on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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The party beat the 10 other political parties that contested in the council elections with wide margins.<\/p>\n

Declaring the PDP chairmanship candidates winners at the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), the Returning Officer, Dr Mike Ajogwu, noted that they did exceptional well.<\/p>\n

Ajogwu, who is also the Chairman of ENSIEC, presented Certificates-of-Returning to the chairmen-elect and said a similar exercise would be held for the 260 councillors-elect at the commission\u2019s headquarters on Friday.<\/p>\n

He commended the political parties that participated in the elections for their spirit of sportsmanship and the electorate for turning out en-masse to vote.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that council elective offices in Enugu State have two-year tenure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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