Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, PDP and deputy senate president has equated the record of Senator David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark of Benue South senatorial district who also won five times and under PDP.
Senator Mark who was also a Senate President started winning from 1999-2015 and only bowed out of the race this time.
Ekweremadu was declared the winner of Enugu West Senatorial District for the fifth time in Saturday Presidential/National Assembly elections.
He polled 86,088 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 15,187 votes.
The Returning Officer, Prof Douglas Nwagbo of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) announced the results in Awgu on Sunday.
Reacting to the development, the deputy senate president said he was humbled by the result because it was the first time a senator would be voted the fifth time in Nigeria.
Ekweremadu applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission for the smooth and peaceful conduct of the elections. (NAN)
