I defeated Obi in his constituency, Soludo boasts, says ADC, LP dead in Anambra

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, on Sunday declared that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Labour Party (LP) have no political presence in the state, boasting that his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), humbled the opposition in Saturday’s by-elections.

Speaking at a victory rally in Nanka to celebrate APGA’s triumph, Soludo said the polls were positioned by 2023 presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi and other opposition leaders as a popularity test, but the results showed otherwise.

He took aim at Obi, who had endorsed ADC candidates in the elections, insisting the party has no footing in Anambra. 

“ADC does not exist in Anambra. We showed it yesterday (Saturday). The Labour Party is dead,” Soludo said.

The governor further mocked Obi by noting that APGA secured victory even in Onitsha North, which he described as the constituency of the former Labour Party presidential candidate. “That’s his state constituency; he lives in Onitsha,” he added.

Highlighting the opposition’s collective push during the polls, Soludo stated, “All of them came. The senator representing the zone came. The senator representing Anambra Central threw himself into the ring. Members of the House of Representatives threw themselves into the ring. It looked like this was an allied force. Who were they coming against? The people. But the people of Anambra spoke.”

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He maintained that the election was intended as a test run for what he called “the new concoction called ADC in Anambra,” but stressed that the emphatic victory recorded by APGA, with about 77 per cent of the vote, sent a clear message. “The signal we sent was that both ADC and Labour Party are dead in Anambra,” Soludo declared.

Figures released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed Emmanuel Nwachukwu of APGA secured 90,408 votes, defeating the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Azuka Okwuosa, who scored 19,847, and Donald Amangbo of the ADC, who polled 2,889.

Nwachukwu will take the seat of Anambra South senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who died in July 2024.

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