The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Charles Soludo winner of the Anambra governorship election.
The election which was declared inconclusive on Saturday had a supplementary on Tuesday to hold Ihala Local Government election which was couldn’t hold on Saturday.
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In the now concluded election, the returning officer, Professor Florence Obi announced minutes ago that Mr Soludo polled a total of 112,229 votes to defeat his closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 53, 807 to emerge second. Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate got a total of 43,285 votes to emerge the third position.
Ms Obi said that Soludo won in 19 out of the 21 Local Government Areas of the State.
According to Ms Obi, the local government Mr Soludo won are; Dunukofia, Awka South, Oyi, Anaocha, Ayamelum, Anambra East, Idemili South and Onitsha South.
The returning officer who is also the vice-chancellor of the University of Calabar also stated that the APGA candidate also won in Njikoka, Orumba South, Onitsha North, Idemili North, Ekwusigo, Aguata, and Nnewi South, Orumba North and Ihiala Local Government Areas.
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The PDP candidate won in Ogbaru with 3,445 votes, APGA scored second while APC came third in the same council.
Senator Ifeanyi Uba of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) won in his home Local Government, Nnewi North despite coming a distant fourth in the overall score card with 21,261 votes.
“Prof. Chukwuma Soludo having scored the highest number of valid votes was declared winner of the election,” Ms Obi declared as she returned Mr Soludo in the early hours of Wednesday.
Ms Obi said that the total number of valid votes was 241,523, while 8,108 were void.
The returning officer had earlier stated that Anambra with a total number of 2,466,638 registered voters only had a total of 253, 388 accredited voters for the election which began on Nov. 6 and was extended to Nov.9, 2021.
The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN now Governor of Anambra State was born on July 28, 1960, and hails from Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. He succeeds Willie Obiano as the governor of the state, having defeated 17 candidates of various political parties.
(Peoples Gazette)
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