Anambra election: Soludo clinches victory,reelected for 2nd term
By Eagle Eye News24
Last Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Governor Chukwuma Soludo as the winner of the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State.
Eagle Eye News24 revealed that the Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edogah Omoregie, made the declaration at the commission’s headquarters in Awka on Sunday.
Soludo contested on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and polled 422,664 votes to emerge the winner of the election.
His closest rival, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, scored 99,445 votes to come second.
According to INEC, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, Paul Chukwuma, secured 37,753 votes.
While George Moghalu, the candidate of the Labour Party, scored 10,576 votes, John Nwosu, the candidate of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress, ADC, polled 8,208 votes.
