The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, as the winner of the November 6, 2021 Governorship election in Anambra State.
The returning Officer for the election, Prof. Florence Obi, made the declaration at the Independent Electoral Commission INEC headquarters in Awka, the state capital
According to her, the commission having completed election in the twenty one local government areas of Anambra State found the APGA candidate to have garnered the highest number of total votes cast.
The APGA candidate polled 112,229 votes, followed by PDP candidate, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo and the APC candidate, Mr. Andy Ubah who polled 53,807 and 43,285 votes respectively.
Announcing the final result, Obi noted that after adding up the results collated from Ihiala, Soludo continued his lead in the election.
She said that Soludo won in 19 out of the 21 Local Government Areas of the State.
Obi listed the areas where Soludo won to include; Dunukofia, Awka South, Oyi, Anaocha, Ayamelum, Anambra East, Idemili South and Onitsha South.
She also stated that the APGA candidate also won in Njikoka, Orumba South, Onitsha North, Idemili North, Ekwusigo, Aguata, and Nnewi South, Orumba North and Ihiala Local Government Areas.
The PDP candidate won in Ogbaru with 3,445 votes, APGA scored second while APC came third in the same council.
Sen. Ifeanyi Uba of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) won in his home Local Government, Nnewi North in spite of coming a distant fourth in the overall score card with 21,261 votes.
The returning officer, who doubles as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, said: “Prof. Chukwuma Soludo having scored the highest number of valid votes was declared winner of the election”.
Obi said that the total number of valid votes was 241,523, while 8,108 were void.
The returning officer had earlier stated that Anambra with a total number of 2,466,638 registered voters only had a total of 253, 388 accredited voters for the election which began on Nov. 6 and was extended to Nov.9, 2021.
She thanked the INEC chairman for the opportunity given her to participate in Anambra 2021 Governorship election.
Prof Obi also commended the security chiefs in Nigeria for creating an enabling environment for peaceful election in Anambra State.
