Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has won the Anambra governorship election.
Gatekeepers News reports that Soludo was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday morning.
The returning officer for the state, Florence Obi, said Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), garnered total votes of 112,229 to defeat other contestants.
“Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” Obi said.
Soludo won in 19 of the 21 LGAs in Anambra state, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won Ogbaru and Young Progressives Party (YPP) secured victory in Nnewi north.
See the breakdown below;
Registered voters— 2,466,638
Accredited voters— 253,388
A— 2,054
AA— 83
AAC— 588
ADC— 324
ADP— 773
APC— 43,285
APGA— 112,229
APM— 301
APP— 139
BP— 186
LP— 2,802
NNPP— 117
NRM— 213
PDP— 53,807
PRP— 437
SDP— 842
YPP— 21,261
ZLP— 2,082
Total valid votes— 241,523
Rejected votes— 8,108
Total votes cast— 249,631
