Soludo wins Anambra election with a wider margin

Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the incumbent Governor and candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has been declared the winner of the Anambra State governorship election, securing a second term in office.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Soludo polling 422,664 votes out of 584,054 total votes collated. His closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), got a total of 99,445 votes. While the election was generally characterized by lack of violence, officials reported low voter turnout.
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Governor Soludo, contested the off-cycle election as the incumbent, seeking to cement APGA’s long-standing control over the state. 
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The election was contested by sixteen candidates and was reportedly peaceful, as against previous elections marked by violence.
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However, with the low turnout, where only 584,054 votes were collated from a registered voter population of over 2.8 million, has been a great concern, which election observers attributed to possible security fears and voter’s apathy. The exercise was previously marred by allegations of vote-buying, which INEC denied, but may have influenced the outcome.
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