Following his exclusion from the Independent National Electoral Commission candidate’s list for the Anambra Gubernatorial elections, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is still in the Anambra State governorship race.
Soludo, who emerged as the APGA candidate in a primary election conducted by the mainstream members of the party on June 23, saw his name excluded from the list of candidates for the November 6 election published by INEC, with the commission publishing Chukwuma Umeoji as the authentic candidate of APGA in the poll based on court order.
Umeoji had emerged as the candidate of the party in a primary election conducted by a factional national chairman of the party, Jude Okeke.
In a statement by his media aide, Joe Anatune, on Friday, Soludo urged his supporters not to be dispirited by the publication noting that his nomination was strictly in line with the Electoral Law and INEC guidelines and his team of legal experts have studied the judgment and are confident of overturning it effortlessly.
Also affected by a court order was PDP’s candidate, Valantine Ozogbo.
Meanwhile, a professor, Lillian Orogbu, has emerged the running mate to the governorship candidate of the factional All Progressives Grand Alliance for the election in Anambra State holding in November.
In a statement on Friday by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, Orogbu, who is the Dean of the Faculty of Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, will be flying the party’s flag with the governorship candidate, Chuma Umeoji.
The statement added that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had confirmed their candidature in the list of candidates published by the commission.
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