The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Professor Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, winner of the Anambra Governorship Election.
The Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Florence Obi, announced the result on Wednesday morning at the INEC office in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
“That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Obi declared.
Soludo, the apex bank governor under the Olusegun Obasanjo-led administration, was declared the winner of the November 6 election after winning 19 of the 21 local government areas, including Ihiala LGA.
He won with a total of 112,229 votes beating Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 53,807 votes, and Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress who got 43,285 votes.
Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party, who had a total of 21,261 votes, finished fourth.
The governor-elect is expected to be sworn into office in March 2022 after the expiration of the two-term tenure of the incumbent governor, Willie Obiano.
Soludo has since credited his victory to God and the unwavering support of his family and people.
