The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) finally concluded the collation of results from Anambra State governorship election in the early hours of this morning as former Central Bank governor and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, was announced winner of the poll that began on Saturday, November 6,2021.

 

INEC had declared the election inconclusive on Sunday after no votes were cast in Ihiala Local Government Area where over 148,000 voters were said to have registered, hence the need supplementary election which was held Yesterday, November 9, 2021.

 

After taking a comfortable lead in Saturday’s election, winning 18 of 20 councils declared, Soludo led the poll with 103,946 votes while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Valentine Ozigbo, had 51,322 votes.

 

Presenting the final poll result at 1:52a.m. at the State Collation Centre, Awka, INEC Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof Florence Obi, declared Soludo winner of the election after winning Ihiala to take his tally to 19 councils out of 21, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Youths Progressives Party (YPP) both have one local government area each. APC failed to win any council in the election.

 

Despite reports of unknown gunmen, suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), engaging security operatives in a shootout for about three hours at the border town of Orsumoghu, a town barely two kilometres from Orsu Council of Imo state, a large turnout of voters was reported across all polling units in Ihiala.