Soludo re-elected in landslide victory, gunshots herald celebration

AWKA – The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has been re-elected as the Governor of Anambra State in a decisive victory, sweeping all 21 local government areas.

The Returning Officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Edoba Omoregie, declared Soludo the winner on Sunday at the INEC headquarters in Awka.

Soludo polled a massive 422,664 votes, dwarfing his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 99,445 votes. Sir Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came a distant third with 37,753 votes.

The election, which took place on Saturday, November 8, 2025, featured 16 candidates.

According to INEC, the state had 2,788,864 registered voters, with 598,229 accredited for the poll. A total of 595,298 votes were cast, of which 11,244 were rejected, leaving 584,054 valid votes.

Announcing the results, Prof. Omoregie stated, “Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, having scored 422,664 votes — the highest number of valid votes cast and having satisfied the requirements of the law — is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.” He noted that while cancellations occurred in a few areas due to incidents, the margin of lead was too significant for them to affect the outcome.

The declaration was met with jubilation, including an explosive celebration from the governor’s security detail. Shortly after the result was announced, policemen attached to Governor Soludo fired multiple gunshots into the air at his country home in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area.

The victory solidifies APGA’s hold on the state, with Soludo’s vote tally alone accounting for over 70% of the total valid votes cast.

Breakdown of results:

Total registered voters: 2,788,864

Total accredited voters: 598,229

Total valid votes: 584,054

Rejected votes: 11,244

Total votes cast: 595,298

Votes by political parties:

A – 224

AA – 1,145

AAC – 292

ADC – 8,208

APC – 99,445

APGA – 422,664

APM – 892

APP – 73

BP – 126

LP – 10,576

NNPP – 525

NRM – 36

PDP – 1,401

SDP – 241

YPP – 37,753

ZLP – 453

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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