#AnambraDecides2021: APGA’s Soludo In Early Lead, Claims Five Out of 21 Local Government Areas

 

By Izuchukwu Okosi

 

With the Anambra gubernatorial election expected to continue today (Sunday) after the glitches experienced on Saturday, Professor Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), according to locally-collated results has won in five Local Government Areas out of 21 in the state.

 

The local governments where the former Central Bank governor won include Awka South, Onitsha South and Enugu Anambra East, Anaocha, and Anambra East.

 

Soludo, according to the statistics made available by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a total of 38,413 votes from the five LGAs and he is being trailed by Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who has 14,543 votes, while Senator Andy Uba, comes a distant third with 8,145 votes.

 

Soludo’s lead in the five local government areas where he currently leads translate to a 23.81 percentage of the 21 local governments of the state.

 

Below are the results of the candidates in the LGAs.

 

 

 

AWKA SOUTH

 

APC – 2595

 

 

 

APGA – 12891

 

 

 

PDP – 5489

 

 

 

Onitsha South LG

 

APC – 2050

 

 

 

APGA – 4281

 

 

 

PDP – 2253

 

 

 

Enugu Anambra East LGA.

 

APC 381

 

 

 

APGA: 4584

 

 

 

PDP: 313

 

 

 

Anambra East LGA

 

APC 2034

 

 

 

APGA: 9746

 

 

 

PDP: 1380

 

 

 

Anaocha LGA

 

APC – 2085

 

 

 

APGA – 6911

 

 

 

PDP – 5,108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

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