The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Ikeje Asogwa, has been declared the winner of the Enugu North Senatorial District by-election held on June 20, 2026. According to the Returning Officer, Prof. Christian Ezeibe, Asogwa secured a landslide victory with 162,360 votes, far ahead of his closest rival, Chief Nestor Ezeme of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who garnered only 9,299 votes.
The election was necessitated by the passing of Senator Okey Ezea, who died on November 18, 2025, at the age of 62. Prof. Ezeibe, who is the Dean of Students Affairs at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), announced the results on Sunday in Nsukka, stating that Asogwa met all legal requirements and was duly returned as the winner.
The electoral commission reported that out of 727,340 registered voters in the district, 184,094 were accredited for the election. A detailed breakdown of the results showed that other candidates trailed far behind: Chika Idoko Emmanuel of the African Democratic Party (ADC) polled 1,676 votes, Kingsley Aneke of the Boot Party (BP) got 1,607 votes, Ejike Simon Eze of the Labour Party (LP) secured 1,027 votes, OssElias Okwudiri Ossai of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) received 3,129 votes, and Charles Ugochukwu of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) obtained 667 votes.
In his acceptance speech, Asogwa expressed gratitude to the people of the six local government areas within the Enugu North Senatorial Zone for their overwhelming support. He pledged to deliver quality and effective representation, ensuring that the confidence placed in him is justified.