Soludo on course to become next Anambra State governor as he takes unassailable lead

FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Professor Charles Soludo is on course to become the next Anambra State governor after taking an unassailable lead in yesterday's elections following the official declaration of results in eight local government areas.

Yesterday, Anambrans went to the polls to elect a successor to Governor Willie Obiano, with Professor Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) the frontrunner. Poling was extended until today in some areas due to some technical hitches but so far the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared the results in six of the state's local government areas.

Inec has revealed the results from the highly populous Onitsha South, Awka South, Anaocha, Anambra East, Orumba South, Orumba North, Aguata and Njikoka local government areas, with Professor Soludo firmly in the driving seat. There are 18 candidates contesting in the election but the only two real challengers to Professor Soludo are Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC),  Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP).

Results so far:

Njikoka

Apga – 8,803

PDP – 3,409

APC – 3,216

YPP – 924

Orumba South

Apga: 4,394

APC: 2,060

PDP: 1,672

YPP: 887

Anambra East

Apga: 9746

APC 2034

PDP: 1380

YPP: 559

Anaocha

Apga – 6,911

PDP – 5,108

APC – 2,085

YPP – 868

Awka South

Apga – 12891

PDP – 5489

APC – 2595

YPP – 919

Onitsha South

Apga – 4,281

PDP – 2,253

APC – 2,050

Orumba North

APGA: 4826

APC: 2692

PDP: 1863

YPP: 659

Aguata

APGA 9136

APC 4773

PDP 3798

Total so far:

Apga: 60,988

PDP: 24,972

APC: 21,505