Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prof Chukwuma Soludo picked the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) ticket to contest for the governorship election in Anambra State come November 6th, 2021 which he pulled 740 votes out of 792 valid votes, thereby defeating his closest rival, Hon Okudili Ezenwankwo, representing Orumba North and South Federal constituency.
Declaring the results of the exercise, Samson Olalere, the Returning officers attested the onetime CBN Governor Soludo has fulfilled the provision of Electoral Act and APGA guidelines and issued a certificate of Return after being congratulated by the present governor of the state.
Soludo in his acceptance speech revealed how overwhelmed he was by the votes he pulled and promised to build on the success of the past administrations if given the opportunity to be elected the governor of Anambra state come November. He also thanked the present governor of the state Willie Obaino for his leadership style and APGA National Chairman Dr. Victor Oye.
