From Chuks Collins, Awka
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed today(Friday, Nov 12,2021) for the presentation of the formal Certificate of Return to Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the eventual winner of the 2021 Anambra State Governorship election held at the weekend.
Prof Soludo, a former governor of the nation’s Central Bank(CBN) won the keenly contested poll with a very wide margin to beat his closest rival, Chief Valentine Ozigbo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)with 112, 229 votes to 53, 807 votes. Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came third with 43, 285 votes.
The victorious Soludo contested on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), which was the same as the outgoing incumbent, Gov Willie Obiano.
Information from the public relations department of the INEC in Awka revealed that the Certificate of Returns would be presented to Prof Soludo on Friday, Nov 12, 2021.
That anticipated brief and colorful ceremony would climax the run up activities related to the painstaking search for a replacement for the outgoing governor Obiano who would be concluding his constitutionally allowed two terms of eight years on March 17,2022.
