Soludo seeks second term, faces Ukachukwu, 14 other challengers (LIVE UPDATES)
(Chinagorom Ugwu, Abdulkareem Mojeed, Emmanuel Agbo, Saviour Imukudo, Sharon Eboesomi and Abdulqudus Ogundapo)
Voters in Anambra State will today choose one among the 16 candidates seeking to govern the state for the next four years.
Over two million voters are eligible to vote in the 5,720 polling units across the 21 local government areas of the state.
Four of the 16 candidates in the election are considered major contenders. They are the incumbent governor, Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance; an entrepreneur, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress; a former managing director of the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority, George Moghalu of the Labour Party, and a businessman and economist, John Chuma-Nwosu of the African Democratic Congress.
However, the election is expected to be a two-horse race between Messrs Soludo and Ukachukwu.
Mr Soludo is seeking a second and final term in office.
He was first elected on 6 November 2021 and sworn in on 17 March 2022. His first four-year term will end in March 2026.
Voters
Figures published by INEC show that a total of 2,802,790 people are registered voters in the state and are eligible to vote in the today’s election.
The figure marks a significant increase from the 2.65 million registered for the 2023 general election in the state.
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According to INEC’s guidelines for the election, voting should start by 8:00 a.m. and end by 2:30 p.m. but voters who are at their polling units before the closing time will be allowed to vote.
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