By The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Charles Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), as winner of the just-concluded governorship election in Anambra State.
The returning officer, Prof. Florence Obi, announced the final results on Wednesday morning.
Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), was declared winner of the election at exactly 1:51 am on Wednesday, The Cable reported.
“That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Obi said.
The APGA candidate secured 112,229 votes to defeat his two major contenders: Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 53,807 votes, and Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 43,285 votes. Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party polled 21,261 votes to emerge fourth.
He ended his winning streak after securing 19 of the State’s 21 Local Government Areas, as announced by INEC in Awka, the state capital.
The 61-year-old is expected to be sworn into office next March after the expiration of the two-term tenure of the incumbent governor, Willie Obiano, who is also of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.
