Anambra poll: Obiano emerges unopposed APGA candidate

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has emerged the standard bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Anambra Gubernatorial Election that has been scheduled for November 18 this year.  

Governor Obiano who has had an outstanding first term in office in which he has won every important honour and recognition meant for best performing governors was returned unopposed as the party candidate in a historic primary in which no other aspirant indicated interest in challenging him.

At the well-attended National Convention that took place at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka on Tuesday, Governor Obiano polled a total of 1,070 votes out of the 1,190 votes to clinch the party ticket, leaving 22 votes out of which 11 were invalid votes.

Declaring Obiano the duly elected winner of the primary and party candidate for the November 18 gubernatorial election, the Chief Returning Officer, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi explained that the total number of delegates in the party is 1,097 pointing out that only 5 delegates failed to vote in the primaries.

In his acceptance speech, Governor Obiano declared that APGA had demonstrated the capacity for leadership and that he has remained faithful to the promises he made four years ago when he picked the party’s nomination.

– Sun News