Anambra governorship election: major opposition candidates reject result
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), winner of the 8 November 2025 governorship election in Anambra State. According to official results, Soludo polled 422,664 votes, far ahead of his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 99,445 votes. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, John Chuma Nwosu, received 8,208 votes.
However, Nwosu rejected the result outright, alleging the poll was riddled with widespread irregularities. In a statement, he described the exercise as a “ruse and total subversion of the people’s will”. He claimed that voters were openly induced with cash amounts between ₦3,000 and ₦20,000 at polling units across the state, converting the election into a “marketplace rather than a democratic exercise”.
He argued that an election tainted by corruption and manipulation cannot genuinely represent the choice of the people, asserting:
“True victory is judged not by the outcome but by the integrity of the process … an election riddled with corruption, manipulation, and vote-trading cannot and will never represent the voice of the people.”
Although Nwosu did not immediately commit to legal action, he warned that his movement would continue to press for free and fair elections in Anambra State.
In a related development, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), George Moghalu, also rejected the outcome. He alleged under-age voting, ballot irregularities (such as party logos missing from ballot papers), and an “alarming rate” of vote buying. “I hereby reject it in its entirety,” he declared.