Anambra Election: Soludo Sends Strong Message After Winning Governorship Poll

Anambra Election: Soludo Sends Strong Message After Winning Governorship Poll

  • After two unsuccesfult attempts, APGA candidate, Chukwuma Soludo, finally won the Anambra state governorship election
  • Hours after Soludo was declared winner, the former governor of the CBN said he is not coming to learn on the job
  • The governor-elect polled 112,229 votes to defeat his close rivals Valentine Ozigbo of the PDP and APC's candidate Andy Uba

Anambra state governor-elect, Professor Charles Soludo, on Wednesday, November 10, maintained that he is not coming on the job to learn.

Soludo who made this statement during an interview on Arise TV, revealed that after the handover next year, he would hit the ground running from day one.

Charles Soludo
Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has been declared winner of the just concluded election in Anambra. Photo credit: Charles Chukwuma Soludo
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According to Soluda, his transition into leading the people for the next fours years would be a smooth exercise, adding that there's time.

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He said the processalso me, we have between now and March as the transition is in March, it is a long process.

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The governor-elect said went on to note that as a de facto minister of national planning, he understood a few things about how government institutions work.

Anambra decides 2021: INEC declares APGA's Charles Soludo as winner

Recall that Soludo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was declared the winner of the November 6 Anambra governorship election.

Professor Florence Obi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)'s returning officer for the election, on Wednesday, November 10, declared Soludo who polled 112,229 votes as the winner.

The APGA candidate was trailed by Valentine Ozigbo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 53,807.

Anambra election: Soludo predicts who will win after casting his vote

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the governorship candidate of APGA, Professor Soludo, was very confident he would win the Anambra state governorship election.

Speaking with journalists on Saturday, November 6, after casting his vote at his polling unit in Aguata LGA of Anambra state, Soludo said even if only 100 people vote in the election, he would win.

He stated:

“Today, I was very upbeat and optimistic. I know that APGA is Anambra and Anambra is APGA. Even if only a 100 people vote within the state, we will still win."

Source: Legit.ng

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