Soludo wins Anambra governorship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Prof. Charles Soludo winner of the governorship election held in Anambra State.

The election was held on Saturday, with a supplementary poll held in Ihiala Local Government on Tuesday.

Returning Officer, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Florence Obi, who announced the results early Wednesday, in Awka, Anambra State, said Soludo, having scored the highest number of votes and won more than two-third of the election in 21 Local Government, is hereby declared winner.

Soludo won 19 of the 21 Local Governments election results declared by INEC.

The APGA governorship candidate polled 112,229 votes to lead Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who posted a distant 53,807 votes to emerge second, while Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 43,285 votes to emerge third.
Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, came fourth with 21,261 votes.

The APGA governorship candidate won 19 of the 21 Local Governments declared by INEC so far. He lost in Ogbaru to PDP and Nnewi North to YPP.

Touchaheart blog gathered that Soludo got his biggest victory in Awka South, polling 12,871 votes to defeat the PDP’s candidate, Valentine Ozigbo, who scored 5,498 and Andy Uba of the APC, who got 2,595 votes.

The APC agent at the collation centre refused to sign the result announced by INEC.

Anambra Governorship election results at a glance: