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Emerges victorious in all 21 LGs
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the Saturday’s Anambra State Governorship Election.
The State Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Edoba Omoregie, announced the results on Sunday in Awka.
Soludo, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, defeated fifteen others to emerge victorious in the tension soaked election.
The results, as declared by INEC, showed that Soludo polled 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 99,445 votes.
Sir Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came third with 37,753 votes.
Soludo recorded a clean sweep across the state, winning all 21 local government areas.
Prof. Omoregie, the Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, in Edo State, who announced the result, said, “The number of registered voters was 2,788,864, while accredited voters were 598,229.
“The total valid votes stood at 584,054, rejected votes were 11,244, bringing the total votes cast to 595,298.”
Omoregie pointed out that incidents in some wards across Anambra West, Anaocha, Awka South, and Onitsha South LGAs led to the cancellation of about 10,481 votes, but stressed that the margin of lead between the top candidates was “far higher than the number of affected votes” and did not alter the final outcome.
According to him, “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of valid votes cast, I, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, hereby declare Chukwuma Soludo, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), duly elected as the Governor of Anambra State”.
Professor Soludo was first elected as Governor of Anambra in March 2022 after winning the 2021 governorship election on the platform of APGA.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has already congratulated Soludo on his re-election.
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