Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra state has become the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) 2025 governorship election candidate.
Gatekeepers News reports that having won the party’s primary election, the Governor will contest against candidates of other parties in the election scheduled for November 8, 2025.
The Governor who was unopposed during the primary election, polled over 300 votes during the primary held in Awka on Saturday.
The voting process, conducted on a yes-or-no basis, saw a total of 3,172 votes cast out of 3,175 accredited delegates, with only 4 votes deemed invalid.
Chairman of the electoral panel, Uche Nwegbo announced the result. He declared Soludo as the governorship candidate for APGA in November 8, 2025, election,
Speaking after the announcement, Governor Soludo expressed deep gratitude to the Almighty and acknowledged the unprecedented show of solidarity from his party.
He said, “I wan to sincerely, with every
deepest sense of humility, give gratitude to the Almighty God for His grace upon our lives, the God that gave Nigeria APGA, gave Anambra State APGA, and we said this is our own.”
“With utmost gratitude to Him, utmost surrender to Him, in humility, I want to say that I’m humbled by this unprecedented historic display of solidarity, support, and overwhelming mandate given to me again by our party again to be able to fly its flag for the forthcoming election. And I want to say with humility, I accept the nomination.”
“Let’s do it again together, let’s continue with the progressive movement in Anambra, Anambra is rising under the democratic leadership that we have here.”
The Governor noted that he will be running for the election with his current deputy, Onyeka Ibezim, as his running mate.
