By Mandy Park
Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the Anambra State off-cycle election, George Moghalu, was defeated in his own polling unit by the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Charles Soludo.
The result was announced by the Presiding Officer of the polling unit, Okonkwo Ebere, at about 2:50 p.m. after the election was concluded.
While Moghalu, who voted at Uruagu Ward 1 in Nnewi North Local Government Area, secured 22 votes, the APC’s Nicholas Ukachukwu scored just 5 votes, while Mr. Soludo polled 57 votes to win the polling unit.
The total valid votes at the polling unit was 85, representing less than 20 per cent of the total 463 registered voters in the unit.
Meanwhile, at the polling unit of Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nicholas Ukachukwu, won after collation.
In the result declared by INEC officials, the APC got 73 votes, Moghalu of the LP gained 57 votes, while APGA came third with 38 votes.
