Anambra 2021: Uba picks APC ticket

By Emmanuel Oladesu, Deputy Editor

Senator Andy Uba is the All Progessives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Anambra State. He defeated 13 others to win the primary election which held at the weekend.

Chairman of the primary election panel and Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, announced the results at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Agulu Lake, yesterady morning.

Uba polled 230,201 votes while his closest rival, Johnbosco Onunkwo polled 28,746 votes.

The total vote cast was 348,490.

Chidozie Nwankwo polled 21,281 votes; George Moghalu (18,596); Paul Orajiaka (4,348); Geoff Onyejeagbu (3,414); Azuka Okwuosa (17,189); Nwokafor Daniel (3,335); Ikoobasi Mokelu (3,727).

Others are Kwebuike Ifeanyi (1,466); Godwin Okonkwo (5,907); Ben Etiaba (4,244); Edozie Madu (3,636); Maxwell Okoye (2,540).

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Abiodun said the election held in 20 of the 21 local government areas. According to him, election could not hold in Onitsha South due to the failure of the Returning Officers’ to conduct the election after collecting materials from the committee’s secretariat.

The governor added that the Option A-4 method was adopted in the election, and blamed the delay on the failure of the contestants to supply 30 of their representatives as directed by the committee.

According to him, only nine aspirants supplied their representatives as at 9am on Saturday.

Abiodun explained that despite the minor hiccups, Returning Officers, backed  by security  escorts, were posted to the 326 Wards in the state, adding that “the process was free, fair, transparent and in line with the party’s guidelines, as promised by this committee’.

He, however, debunked insinuations from some aspirants that the exercise was deliberately delayed, saying his committee only needed to be thorough and transparent.

Abiodun added that the minor delay was not the fault of the committee or of party members, but of logistics.

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah emerged candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) .