Anambra gov’ship: Nwoye picks APC ticket, beats Uba, others

Amember of the House of Representatives, Mr Tony Okechukwu Nwoye, yesterday, emerged as winner of the Anambra State governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The 42-year-old twin, a medical doctor and politician, scored 2,146 votes to beat his closest rival, Senator Andy Uba, who scored 931 votes.

Nwoye currently represents Anambra East/West constituency in the House of Representatives and had served as president of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

He was also a former governorship candidate of the PDP in the 2013 election in the state.

With his latest triumph, Nwoye would on November 18 slug it out with APGA’s Governor Willie Obiano, who is seeking a second term as well as candidates of PDP and other political parties.

Chairman of the primary election committee and governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, who announced the result in Awka, yesterday, said superintending the exercise was the easiest task for him and his team in recent times.

“You see, when you are an election umpire, election becomes difficult only when you have interest in who wins because by having interest, you have to battle with other contestants; a battle with those who have different interests and battle with your own conscience in trying to bend the rules of the game to favour your interest,” he said.

Shettima said a total of 4,458 delegates from the 21 local governments in the state were accredited for the congress/ primary election.

He said out of the 4,333 votes cast, 4,302 were declared valid, while 31 were invalidated.

Other results as announced by Shettima included George Moghalu who scored 525 votes; Barth Nwibe, 414 votes; Paul Chukwuma, 110 votes; Johnbosco Onunkwo, 85 votes; Nonso Madu, 21 votes; Obinna Uzo, 17 votes; Donatus Okonkwo, 10 votes and Kate Uchegbu, 1 vote.

Two of the aspirants, Chike Obidigbo and Patrick Nwike, had earlier withdrawn from the race, but still polled 22 and 20, respectively.