Governor-elect of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, has been issued his certificate of return.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented the certificate to Soludo and the Deputy Governor-elect, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, on Friday.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Nkwachukwu Orji, presented the certificate to Soludo and Ibezim.
Speaking during the presentation, Orji appealed to Soludo to uphold good governance.
Soludo was named winner of last Saturday’s governorship election by INEC after emerging with the highest number of votes, winning 19 of the 21 local government areas of the state.
Professor Florence Obi, the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Chief Returning Officer for the poll in announcing the outcome on Wednesday morning, said:
“That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”
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Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (Mr Valentine Ozigbo) and Young Progressives Party (Senator Ifeanyi Ubah) each won a local government.
But the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba, was unable to win any local government in the election.
Soludo, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, secured 112,229 votes, twice more than his closes rival – PDP’s Ozigbo to be returned as winner of the election.
Ozigbo had 53,807 votes while the other two frontline contenders – Uba and Ubah scored 43,285 and 21,261 votes respectively.
On his election as governor, Soludo had said the victory is that of Anambra people and also a divine journey whose time has come.
He stated:
“For 12 years, I have consistently endured and focussed on the mission. I have served the world, Nigeria, and it is now time to serve my own state. I am grateful to God, stakeholders and especially ordinary people of Anambra State. I feel humbled by this mandate which is overwhelming as it were despite the issues.”
