Abia North: Kalu defeats Philip Nto, gets APC Senate ticket

Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu, has won the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial primary election, defeating his lone challenger, Philip Nto. Kalu scored 65,651 votes against Nto, a lecturer at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUAU), Umudike, who scored 2,103 votes. The direct primary election, conducted onMondayacross the five local government