The Anambra State governorship election was eventually concluded this morning as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced former Central Bank governor and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, as winner of the poll that began on Saturday.
INEC had declared the election inconclusive on Sunday after no votes were cast in Ihiala Council, hence the supplementary election.
THE governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Akachukwu Nwakpo, said he supported and voted for APGA in the supplementary election, yesterday, because the results of the election announced so far reflected the wish and mandate of the people.
A large turnout of voters was reported across all polling units in Ihiala.
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Obinna Uzor, also expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the rerun election.
He told reporters after casting his vote at Umunnamehi community school 3, PU024 ward 1, that he was hopeful and prayed that a good leader would emerge to encourage peace and development in Anambra.
Soludo polled a total of 112,229 votes to defeat his closest rival Valentine Ozigbo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 53, 807 to emerge second.
Senator Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got a total of 43,285 votes to emerge the third position.
Declaring the result at about 1: 51am Wednesday at the INEC headquarters, Awka, Prof. Florence Obi, returning officer for 2021 Anambra Governorship Election, announced, said: “Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner of the election.”
Obi said that there were 2,466,638 total registered voters; 241,523 total valid votes; 249,631 total votes cast and 8,108 rejected votes.
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