INEC declares Soludo winner of Anambra governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Governor Chukwuma Soludo as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State.
Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edogah Omoregie, made the declaration at INEC’s headquarters in Awka on Sunday.
Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) got 422,664 votes to emerge the winner of the election, with his closest rival, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polling 99,445 votes to come second.
Paul Chukwuma, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) secured 37,753 votes.
The Labour Party candidate, George Moghalu scored 10,576 votes and John Nwosu, the candidate of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC) polled 8,208 votes.
