Anambra Poll: INEC Excludes PDP, Soludo And Clears Andy Uba For APC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared a member of the House of Representatives, Chukwuma Michael Umeoji as flagbearer of All Progressives Grand Alliance in the Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6.

The commission also named Andy Uba, who won the controversial primaries of All progressives Congress, as the candidate of the party.

The decisions were contained in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, after its meeting held in Abuja on Thursday.

The commision in the decision published on Friday also dropped the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Valentine Ozigbo.

Okoye said the decisions were based on obedience to court orders served on INEC in relation to the primaries of the political parties and other processes leading to the election.

It was reported that prior to the primary elections, APGA had been locked in a leadership crisis with two factions claiming supremacy.

While the Victor Oye-led faction conducted the primaries that produced a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, the Jude Okeke faction conducted the primary poll that declared Umeoji as the party’s candidate.

Also, a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja had yesterday ordered INEC to suspend the moves to publish any name as the governorship candidate.