A former Senator, Andy Ubah has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the coming governorship election in Anambra state.
He was announced the winner of the APC governorship primary election in the state that was contested by 13 aspirants.
While announcing the result on Sunday morning, at the Golden Tulips Hotel, Agulu, Anambra State, the Chairman of the Anambra State Primary Election Committee and Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, said Senator Ubah polled 230, 201 votes out of the total votes of 348,490, to defeat his closest rival, Onunwoku Johnbosco who polled 28, 746 and 12 other contestants.
According to him, the election took place in 20 out of the 21 Local Government Areas of the state, adding that election could not be conducted in Onitsha South due to the failure of the Returning Officers to conduct the election after collecting election materials from the committee’s secretariat.
The governor further disclosed that an Option A-4 method was adopted in the election. He blamed the delay in the conduct of the election as scheduled on the failure of the contestants to supply 30 of their representatives as directed by the committee.
According to him, only nine aspirants had supplied their representatives to the committee as at 9:00 am on Saturday.
Abiodun explained that despite the minor hiccups, Returning Officers, backed by security escorts were posted to all the 326 wards in the state, declaring that “the process was free, fair, transparent and in line with the party’s guidelines, as promised by this committee”.
Abiodun appreciated the party’s leadership and members who believed in the party.