Akachukwu Nwakpo, candidate of the African Democratic
Congress (ADC) in the ongoing Anambra governorship election, on Tuesday, cast
his vote in support of Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA).
The November 6 election was declared inconclusive by the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow for a supplementary
election in Ihiala LGA where no poll took place.
This was after results from 20 out of 21 LGAs in the state
had been collated and announced.
Though 18 candidates are contesting, the major contenders
are Soludo who is leading with 103,946 votes, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) who got 51,322 votes, and Andy Uba of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) who had secured 42,942 — as of Sunday.
After voting for APGA in the supplementary election on
Tuesday, Nwakpo said since his party did not secure enough votes after
collation on Sunday, he decided to support “the winning party”.
He said the results of the election announced so far
reflects the wish and mandate of the people, adding that Soludo is his friend.
“We believe it is time to finish this election by helping
the winning party to make it to the end, so that the military can leave and we
can have a more relaxed environment for us to focus on issues that concern our
communities,” Nwakpo said.
“Also, the leadership
of my party, ADC, agreed with what we have done because we are not in the
supplementary election and we did not score or get enough votes to be
competitive.
“APGA is also a sister party because the founding members of
APGA founded ADC and I also came from APGA to ADC. More so, professor Chukwuma
Soludo is my friend.
“So, I feel this is an opportunity to support one another
and for us to build together and let our people be part of governance.”
Nwakpo commended INEC for ensuring the Bimodal Voter
Accreditation System (BVAS) worked efficiently during the supplementary
election.
He also urged other governorship candidates and political
parties to imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship and peace.
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