The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally declared the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Charles Soludo, as the winner of the Anambra State governorship election.
.Scores 112, 229 total valid votes.
. .Police deny shooting in Ihiala LGA
The Returning Officer of the election, Professor Florence Obi, announced Soludo as the winner of the keenly contested election which lasted three days due to several hitches at exactly 1.51 am on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
According to Prof. Obi, the APGA candidate polled a total vote of 112, 229 to beat his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, who polled 53807.
Sen. Andy Uba of the All Progressive Congress (APC) came third with 43285 votes.
Here is the official results as announced by Prof. Florence Obi.
2,246,638 total registered voters
253,388 Accredited voters
A 2054
AA 83
AAC 5883
ADC 324
APP 773
APC 43285
APGA 112229
APN 301
APP 139
BP 186
AP 2802
NNPP 117
NRM 213
PDP 53807
PRP 437
SDP 842
YPP 21261
ZLP 2082
Total valid votes 241523
Rejected votes 810
Total votes cast 249631
By Pamela Eboh Awka
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force have denied report of the killing of an unidentified man during the Anambra State Governorship Supplementary Election in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.
Information has it that soldiers patrolling around the distribution and collation centre at the Ihiala Local Government Headquarters reportedly shot and killed a yet-to-be-identified man.
Reacting in a telephone chat, the Zone 13 Police Headquarters Public Relations Officer, PRO Nkeiru Nwode, said nothing of such happened.
She added, “We don’t have any report to that regard and I don’t think such thing happened.”