Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has described Saturday’s governorship election as the best organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state so far.
Soludo stated this while speaking in Awka on Sunday after being declared the winner of the November 8 governorship election by INEC.
The Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Edoba Omoregie, announced the result at INEC’s headquarters in Awka, declaring Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance the winner with 422,664 votes.
He said Soludo defeated his closest rival, Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 99,445 votes.
his address, Soludo expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu, describing him as a “true democrat” who demonstrated commitment to ensuring a free and fair election in Anambra.
“The people have spoken, and their votes counted. I thank INEC, especially the new Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan. I’m excited that your first impression was an emphatic one, as INEC delivered. Since 2017, when INEC started experimenting with technology, every election in Anambra has been getting better and better. This is the best election INEC has organised in Anambra so far,” Soludo said.
He commended INEC’s ICT department for ensuring transparency through the real-time upload of results on the IReV portal.
As of midnight, over 99 per cent of results from polling units were uploaded on the IReV portal, and everybody could download the results in real-time,” he said.
