The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has swept all the councillorship and chairmanship positions in Anambra State Local Government Council election held on Saturday.
The Chief Electoral Officer and Chairman, Anambra State Independent Electorial Commission (ANSIEC), Mrs Genevieve Osakwe announced the results on Sunday night at the Commission’s office in Awka.
She said APGA secured 325 out of 326 wards in the state because Oyi which have 15 wards, could only get 14 wards results on the grounds that the Presiding Officer was unsure of the figures, that will be rectified later.
Barr Osakwe noted that the party also won all the 21 Chairmanship positions across the 21 local government areas of the state.
She maintained that the exercise is to reaffirm the results earlier announced on Saturday at ward and local government levels, during which all the political parties knew the scores they had.
“There is no local government that election did not hold. ANSIEC was on top of the situation. We have presence of security agencies all over the state. We believe the election was free, fair and credible.”
Below are the elected Local Government Council chairmen:
1. Chibueze Ofobuike (Aguata)
2. Alphonsus Ofumelu (Ayamelum)
3. Chinweze Ifeanyichukwu (Anambra East)
4. Nazor Fidelis (Anambra West)
5. Romanus Ibekwe (Anaocha)
6. ThankGod Anagor (Awka North)
7. Chinedu Okafor (Awka South)
8. Chijioke Ozumba (Dunukofia)
9. Chinweze Obi ((Ekwusigo)
10. Stanley Nkwoka (Idemili North)
11. Amaka Obi (Idemili South)
12. Anayo Orjiakor (Ihiala)
13. Chinedu Ononiba (Njikoka)
14. Henry Anazodo (Nnewi North)
15. Chinedu Ezeogidi (Nnewi South)
16. Franklin Nwadialor (Ogbaru)
17. Tony Nwora (Onitsha North)
18. Emeka Orji (Onitsha South)
19. Cashmire Nwafor (Orumba North)
20. Azubuike Nzube (Orumba South)
21. Emmanuel Nweke (Oyi)
Responding, the Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor lauded Ndi Anambra over the peaceful conduct of the just concluded local government elections.
According to him, for eleven years, there was no local government election in the state, stressing that Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has just fulfilled his campaign promise.
Opposition parties Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) vowed to challenge the process in court.
