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Businessman and real estate developer,Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu has won the Saturday, April 5,2025 All Progressives Congress, APC Governorship Primary in Anambra State.
According to results of the Election declared by Governor Bassey Otu, Chairman of the Primary Election Committee,Prince Dr. Nicholas Ukachukwu scored 1,455 votes to defeat his distant challenger,Mr. Valentine Ozigbo who scored 67 votes.
Other contestants in the primary were Engr. Johnbosco Onunkwo – 26 votes
Edozie Madu – 8 votes
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Recall that Ozigbo,a popular businessman and politician defected from the Labour Party to join the APC few days to the primary.
Ukachukwu, a serial contester will slug it out with top contenders like the former Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN Governor and incumbent Governor of the state,Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance,APGA and George Moghalu of the Labour party in the governorship election scheduled to hold on Saturday ,November 8 by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC .
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP has fixed Tuesday, April 8, two days to INEC deadline to elect its flagbearer .
INEC had given political parties in the Anambra offcycle governorship election up until April 10 to conduct its primaries.
Anambra was home to Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu, ex – Biafran warlord and Founder of APGA . The state has been governed by leaders of APGA for close to two decades.
