Anambra decides: APGA’s Soludo in early lead in declared LGAs

Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is already in early lead after he and his party cleared all the five local government results declared so far in the ongoing governorship election.

In the LGAs declared so far, Soludo pulled 38,413, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party garnered 14, 543 votes while the All Progressives Congress candidate, Andy Uba is trailing a distant third with 8,145 votes.

Soludo was announced winner, with wide margins in some for the results declared in Awka South, Onitsha South and Anambra East, Anaocha, and Anambra East by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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Another result announced in Aguata local government area where all the three major contenders hail from has seen APGA coasting so far.

While announcing results at the local government Collation centre in Ekwulobia, Professor Anim O Ajake, the Collation Officer for Aguata, said Soludo polled 9,136 votes, next to Uba who garnered 4773 votes and Ozigbo trailed with 3798.

However, there are still areas where elections haven’t been held.

The commission fixed today, November 7 for the final collation of the election in the 21 local governments in the state Anambra, but indications point to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), becoming the next governor of the state if things remain this way, with the clean sweep he has maintained.

In the last election in 2017, APGA, had also made a clean sweep of the entire state, posting a total of 21 wins in the 21 local governments of the state, a feat, which they may likely repeat if Soludo maintains the current profile.