Governor Peter Obi winner of Anambra polls

**falana** · 8th February 2010

As now, Mr. Obi, who ran under the ticket of APGA, has comfortably won 11 local government areas. According to ballot tallies from polling booths across the state, the APGA candidate won in Awka North, Awka South, Orumba South, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Ogbaru, Njikoka, Ekwusigo, Anambra West, Anaocha, and Nnewi South. Saharareporters also projects that Mr. Obi would carry Ihiala.

In a stunning blow, Obi trounced Charles Chukwuma Soludo; the candidate of the PDP, in the latter’s local government area. Mr. Soludo, immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, had used his thugs to snatch ballot boxes in a few polling centers, but his effort to rig the polls became a woeful failure.

**tyrex** · 8th February 2010

Politician soludo has slipped from the path of honor,I pray He should be able to re-trace his steps back.

**Respect** · 8th February 2010

The result announced by the Resident Electoral Commissio-ner (REC) in the state, Mr. Josiah Uwazuronye, showed that Obi of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) polled a total of 97,843 votes to beat his closest rival Ngige who poled 60,240 votes. Soludo came third with 59,355 and was closely followed by Uba who polled 26,106.

Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu and Mrs. Uche Ekwunife of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and Progressives Peoples Alliance (PPA) respectively scored 20,777, and 9,595 votes. Obi led in 13 out of the 21 local government areas, namely Onitsha North and South, Awka North and South, Ogbaru, Ekwusigo, Aguata, Anambra West, Orumba North and South, Njikoka, Ihiala and Anaocha. Ngige won in the council areas of Dunukaofia, Nnewi North, Idemili North and South, while Uba won in Ayamelum Local Government Area.

Soludo won in Oyi and Anambra East Local Government Areas. The HDP won in Nnewi south, while the rest of the parties did not make any appreciable impact. Obi will be sworn in for another four years on March 17 when his current tenure expires. While declaring Obi the winner, Uwazuronye said he had satisfied all the requirements in the electoral laws. Reacting to the victory, the APGA National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, said he was elated with the victory more especially with the breaking of an age-long jinx that had never seen any governor of the state being re-elected.