Soludo promises greater transformation for Anambra after securing second term with massive APGA win

Soludo promises greater transformation for Anambra after securing second term with massive APGA win

 

Governor Chukwuma Soludo has been re-elected for a second term as the Governor of Anambra State, clinching a landslide victory across all 21 local government areas of the state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Soludo winner of Saturday’s governorship poll early Sunday morning. The Returning Officer, Prof. Omoregie Edoba, Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, announced that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate polled 422,664 votes, far ahead of his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 99,445 votes.

Other contenders trailed far behind — Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) garnered 37,753 votes; George Moghalu of the Labour Party (LP) had 10,576 votes; John Nwosu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) polled 8,208 votes; while Jude Ezenwafor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) managed 1,401 votes.

Speaking after his declaration, Soludo described his re-election as both a victory and a defining moment in the state’s political history.

“Four years ago, you gave us your mandate under difficult circumstances. Today, you have renewed that trust resoundingly,” the governor said. “Back then, only about 112,000 people voted; this time, nearly 22 percent of registered voters participated — the highest in our state’s history.”

Soludo, who ran alongside his deputy, Dr. Onyeka Ibezim, said the scale of the victory reflected Anambra people’s confidence in his administration.

“Only three governors have ever been re-elected in Anambra since 1999,” he noted. “In 2010, one was returned with 31 percent of the votes; another in 2017 with 56 percent. But today, you re-elected us with 73 percent. I am deeply humbled.”

The governor assured that his new mandate would usher in a more aggressive phase of development and reform.

“We applied for this job; you hired us four years ago,” Soludo said. “As we promised during the campaign, you have not seen anything yet. The next four years will consolidate and expand the transformation of our dear state.”

Soludo’s emphatic victory cements APGA’s dominance in Anambra politics and reinforces his position as one of the most influential figures in the South-East’s political landscape.