Anambra Election 2025: Winner Emerges in LP Candidate's Polling Unit

Anambra Election 2025: Winner Emerges in LP Candidate's Polling Unit

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering elections, politics, and governance in Nigeria and Africa.

Awka, Anambra state - George Moghalu, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2025 Anambra governorship election, has lost his polling unit (PU) to Governor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Legit.ng reports that the LP is the party of Peter Obi, a presidential hopeful and ex-governor of Anambra state.

LP candidate in Anambra George Moghalu loses in polling unit
LP candidate, George Moghalu, records loss in polling unit as electorate vote in Anambra state governorship election. Photos credit: @Imranmuhdz
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Polling unit votes see LP’s Moghalu lose

As reported by Premium Times on Saturday afternoon, November 8, the result of Moghalu's polling unit was announced by the presiding officer of the polling unit, Okonkwo Ebere, at about 2:50 p.m. after the election was concluded.

Moghalu, who voted at Uruagu Ward 1 in Nnewi North local government area (LGA), secured 22 votes. All Progressives Congress (APC’s) Nicholas Ukachukwu scored just 5 votes, while Soludo polled 57 votes to win the polling unit.

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The total valid votes at the polling unit were 85, less than 20 percent of the total 463 registered voters in the unit.

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Ayodele predicts Anambra election outcome

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, expressed strong confidence that Soludo will retain power in the Anambra state governorship election, crediting the governor's performance across key sectors.

Primate Ayodele said there was no reason for APGA to lose sleep over the polls, insisting that Soludo’s achievements in infrastructure, education, and economy had made Anambra state better.

Ayodele insisted that the major opposition candidates should have stepped down for Governor Soludo.

Source: Legit.ng

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Ridwan Adeola Yusuf (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.