AWKA – The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Willie Obiano, has won tHe governorship election conducted on Saturday, November 18 in the state.
APGA won in all the 21 Local Governments in the state to emerge victorious ahead of other 36 governorship candidates.
The Chief Returning Officer for the election is Professor Zanna Akpagu.
Meanwhile, Mr. Osita Chidoka, United Progressive Party (UPP) governorship candidate, has accepted defeat even before INEC’s final declaration of the winner.
Chidoka, the former Minister of Aviation, accepted the defeat in a statement entitled “Politics Anambra election: Why I lost polls” in a Awka on Sunday.
“I have accepted defeat in the Anambra governorship election even as result is still being announced by the INEC,” he said.
Chidoka said that he lost because he would not play the usual money politics.
“Our campaign attracted the finest and brightest of Anambra.
“The bold and the courageous were with us as we exerted our best in running the most robust issue-based and technology-driven campaign in the history of our dear state.
‘We attempted to change the course of events and chart a new beginning for our state.
“We believed and we dared; we engaged with all patriotic vigour as we held strongly that the long awaited time for our people to experience a new opportunity had come and we laboured for it.
“In all, our focus was the people; the forgotten, the poor and the disadvantaged.
“They were the prime impetus for our involvement. We beheld their agony and we strived to redirect and vent that energy through a genuine political process.”
He said the the UPP heard the complaints of the people and worked to redirect them from the streets to the ballot box.
Chidoka said the he rejected god-fatherism and money politics and made personal sacrifices with small donations and goodwill of a few good men and women.
He said his campaign remained issues-based, adding that he did not attack anybody before, during and after the campaigns.
“But from the ballots, we heard the voice of our people. We heard it loud and clear.
“On November 18 our people announced strongly their rejection of politicians.
“They traded their votes because they doubted we would truly represent their interest.
“While our message resonated with the people they doubted that the political class cared about them. They voted for the highest bidder.”
Chidoka said that as at Thursday, a large percentage of his supporters insisted that they would not vote unless he brought money.
According to him, “I insisted we will not pay for votes. The decision not to pay ended our good run.
“We accept the voters’ decision. We also heard our people by their turnout and transactional approach.
“In all, we hold our heads high; high because we did not lose the poll due to paucity of ideas or lack of “structure”.
“We lost to superior financial firepower. As Democrats, we concede to the voters’ choices.
“The true hallmark of democracy is the respect for the voice of the ballot as that of the majority,” Chidoka said.
Below are the full results:
1. Njikoka LGA:
APC—5,756
APGA—16,944
PDP—3,477
UPP—108
2. Dunukofia LGA:
APC—7016
APGA—8,575
PDP—1,530
UPP—106
3. Awka South:
APC—6,167
APGA—18,957
PDP—5,354
UPP—150
4. Ayamelum:
APC—5,412
APGA—14,593
PDP—2,323
UPP—77
5. Anaocha
APC—5,297
APGA—11,237
PDP—6,554
UPP—146
6. Orumba South
APC—3808
APGA—8125
PDP—2412
UPP—465
7. Ekwusigo
APC—5412
APGA—8595
PDP—3856
UPP—320
8. Aguata
APC—5807
APGA—13167
PDP—4073
UPP—280
9. Onitsha North
APC—3808
APGA—10,138
PDP—4143
UPP—435
10. Ogbaru
APC—3415
APGA—6615
PDP—4416
UPP—59
11. Idemili South
APC—4,063
APGA—5,742
PDP—2,629
UPP—600
12. Oyi
APC—5,085
APGA—11,840
PDP—1296
UPP—111
13. Orumba North
APC—3551
APGA—8766
PDP—3865
UPP—190
14. Awka North
APC—3727
APGA—7162
PDP—3347
UPP—92
15. Onitsha South
APC—2012
APGA—7082
PDP—3423
UPP—471
16. Ihiala
APC—7894
APGA—14379
PDP—4706
UPP—128
17. Anambra East
APC—5248
APGA—20510
PDP—1132
UPP—53
18. Anambra West
APC—4261
APGA—8152
PDP—1578
UPP—207
19. Nnewi South
APC—2765
APGA—10465
PDP—3255
UPP—596
20. Idemili North
APC—4632
APGA—12180
PDP—2767
UPP—2847
21. Nnewi North
APC—3616
APGA—10845
PDP—4157
UPP—5
