INEC declared Bright as the winner of the Enugu rerun election in a statement by its spokesperson, Sam Olumekun.

The Enugu South Urban Constituency rerun was held on 16 August 2025, the fourth attempt the court-ordered exercise was to happen.

The election, which was ordered after the 2023 election was nullified in eight polling units, had faced repeated disruptions since February 2024.

Meanwhile, Bright is currently serving a seven-year jail term in Enugu State Correctional Centre after an Enugu South Magistrate Court sentenced him to prison on 28 July 2024 over a communal crisis.
Meanwhile, the LP’s Bright was convicted in the heat of his repeated victories in the cancelled rerun elections.

He was sentenced to seven-year jail term by the Enugu South Magistrate Court, presided by E. D. Onwu.

The LP candidate was first arraigned in 2017 alongside two others by the police in Enugu State over theft of N15 million belonging to Akwuke, a community in Enugu South Local Government Area of the state.