Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo was yesterday returned unopposed as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the November 8, 2025 governorship election in Anambra State.
Nicholas Ukachukwu also has emerged as the Anambra governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Meanwhile, the former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), George Moghalu however, picked the ticket of the Labour Party even as he had said that he has the capacity needed to defeat, Governor Chukwuma Soludo in the November 8, governorship election in Anambra State.
Ukachukwu clinched the party’s ticket ahead of the November poll flooring Valentine Ozigbo who had just defected from the Labour Party.
At the party’s primary election, Ukachukwu garnered 1,455 votes while Ozigbo polled a total of 67 votes.
Reacting to his victory, Ukachukwu said he is prepared to clinch the Anambra governorship seat for the party.
His words, “We shall deliver Anambra to the APC. One thing I want to say here, nobody has won the governorship of Anambra without my support; it has never happened before.
“I have been playing godfatherism, but now I want to be the father of the father, no more godfather,” the APC’s Anambra governorship candidate said.
Soludo had his way when APGA held its governorship primary election at the Alex Ekwueme Square, in Awka, where he stood as a lone contestant.
Announcing the results, the returning officer for the election, Hon Uche Nwegbo, said: “Total delegates for this election is 3,260; total accredited delegates is 3,175; total votes cast is 3,172, while four votes were invalid.
The governor in his speech accepted the nomination, while also assuring that he will continue to work hard to ensure that he does not fail members of the party and the people of Anambra State.
He said: “I want to say that I am humbled by this historic display of solidarity to be able to fly the flag of our party again, and I want to say that I accept this nomination wholeheartedly.
“Anambra keeps rising with the progressive leadership that we have had through APGA, and I will continue to appreciate the leadership of the party.
“I appreciate the members of our party and the INEC observers. I do not think that we have ever had this kind of peaceful election where everything was orderly and in one hour everyone was able to cast their votes,” the governor said.
Meanwhile, the governor also announced his deputy as his running mate immediately.
He said: “In 2017, I gave a lecture which I titled ‘If it is not broken, why mend it’, and it became popular. Today I want to say that I am renominating Dr Onyeka Ibezim as my deputy governorship candidate for the election. If it is not broken, why mend it? I want to say that the battle has only begun.”
In a related development, Moghalu defeated his rival, John Nwosu at the LP primary election conducted yesterday in Awka.
The former National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored a total of 573 votes to defeat his only contestant, Nwosu, who got 19 votes.
Speaking after emerging as the party’s candidate, Moghalu said contesting against the incumbent, Governor Soludo, would not be a tea party, adding however that defeating him is doable.
Moghalu promised the delegates and the people of Anambra State that he will not betray the confidence they bestowed in him.
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