BREAKING: Soludo Defeats Ukachukwu, Moghalu In Landslide Victory With 422,664 Votes

…Guber Candidates’ Accuse APGA, APC Of Vote Buying

…INEC REC Refutes Vote Buying Claims, Demands Evidence

The candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chukwuma Soludo, has won the Anambra State election in a landslide victory with a total of 422,664.

The returning officer for the election,
Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, Professor Edoba Omorege, declared Soludo the winner after the collation of all election results from across 21 Local Government Areas of the State.

Omorege said the just concluded election had a total of 2,788,864 registered voters; 598,228 accredited voters; 584,054 valid votes; and 11,244 rejected votes. Total votes cast stood at 595,298.

Soludo’s closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), got a total of 99,445 and Labour Party’s George Moghalu scored 10,576.

The result of other candidates are:
African Democratic Congress (ADC): 8,208; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP): 1,401; Young Progressives Party (YPP): 37,753; African Action Congress (AAC): 292; Action Alliance (AA): 1,145 among others.

However, there were incidents of ballot snatching at the point of collation at Bridge Head 2 in Onitsha South LGA. Consequently, no votes were recorded for that ward.

Also, results were cancelled in Nri, Anaocha LGA, where there was record of overvoting and violence.

Results from two polling units were also cancelled in Anambra West LGA due to overvoting.

Voting in the November 8 Anambra election, contested by 16 governorship candidates, kicked off at various times across the 21 LGAs of the state.

Candidates of the Labour Party, APGA and the APC, particularly raised concerns over alleged transactional votes recorded in some polling units across registration areas.

The Centre for Journalism Innovation (CJID) confirmed that party agents were observed offering cash and food items in multiple locations, including Achalla, Igbariam, Utuh, Ezira, and others.

“These incidents expose how impunity, voter desperation, and weak enforcement continue to undermine democracy.

“Meaningful reform requires both robust law enforcement and sustained civic education to address underlying drivers such as poverty, social norms, and organised broker networks,” the CJID said.

However, the Anambra Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Queen Elizebeth Agwu dismissed claims of vote buying during the election, and asked anyone making such claims to present credible evidence.

“When the two strongest candidates went to vote, they mentioned vote-buying. But like I said during voter education, anyone with such information should provide facts and figures.

“Vote-buying is a very serious offence and a legislative matter. If you want to accuse someone, give us evidence. You can’t just go on television and say there’s vote-buying everywhere without mentioning one place,” she said.

Below is a breakdown of the result across the 21 LGAs:

Dunukofia LGA –

ADC- 232
APC- 3284
APGA- 14892
LP- 71
PDP-16

Registered Voters – 83257
Accredited Voters – 21438
Total valid votes – 21102
Rejected votes – 284
Total votes cast – 21386

Njikoka LGA –

ADC- 236
APC- 5687
APGA- 22213
LP- 311
PDP- 47

Registered Voters – 119605
Accredited Voters – 30907
Total valid votes – 30257
Rejected votes – 529
Total votes cast – 30786

Awka North LGA –

ADC- 815
APC- 3661
APGA- 15895
LP – 299
PDP – 203

Registered Voters – 84105
Accredited Voters – 21783
Total valid votes – 21291
Rejected votes – 461
Total votes cast – 21752

Aguata LGA –

ADC- 301
APC- 4125
APGA- 35559
LP – 124
PDP – 82