Chukwuma Soludo Wins Anambra Governorship Election — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the incumbent governor of Anambra State, as the winner of the November 8 governorship election.
According to results announced by INEC, Governor Soludo won in all 21 local government areas of the state, defeating 15 other candidates to secure a second term in office.
Soludo, who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), polled a total of 422,664 votes, defeating his closest rival Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 99,445 votes.
Other results include:
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Labour Party (LP): 10,576 votes
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People’s Democratic Party (PDP): 1,401 votes
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Young Progressives Party (YPP): 37,753 votes
The final announcement was made by the Returning Officer, Professor Edoba Bright Omoregie, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Soludo, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and ex-Chief Economic Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, becomes the third APGA governor to lead Anambra State, following Peter Obi and Willie Obiano.
Anambra, home to the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Biafran leader and founder of APGA, has once again reaffirmed its loyalty to the party by re-electing Soludo for another four-year term.
