Ekweremadu was declared the winner of the election by a faction of Senators consisting of minority All Progressives Congress (APC) senators and a majority from the PDP.
The election was witnessed by the national leaders of the PDP and some of its governors, the Governors of Rivers, Ondo and Cross River States were in the Senate chambers to witness the contentious election.
The result as announced by the Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly indicated that a total number of 75 senators took part in the voting.
