- The election under the hashtag Anambra Decides is being held in 5,718 polling units across the 21 local government areas of Anambra State.
- Over 45,000 security personnel, including police, army, and civil defense units, have been deployed to secure the 5,718 polling units across the 21 Local Government Areas (LGAs).
- 16 governorship candidates from various political parties, including the incumbent governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, are battling for the highest seat in Anambra.
- The destiny of the state rests on the over 2.8 million registered voters, whose vote will dictate the mandate given to the new governor.
- 98.8% of registered voters have collected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), one of the highest collection rates ever recorded in Nigeria.
- Anambra State is the first election under the leadership of the newly elected INEC Chairman, Joash Amupitan.
- Anambra State is the first election under the leadership of the newly elected INEC Chairman, Joash Amupitan.
Pan-Atlantic Kompass will give full coverage of the events and happenings in Anambra. Stay tuned.
Life Reporting on Anambra Decides
Day two of the 2025 Anambra Decides
Following the conclusion of voting at polling units across Anambra State, the governorship election has swiftly moved to the collation stage. Local Government Area results are currently being announced at INEC’s state headquarters in Akwa.
08:33am: INEC Declares Soludo Winner
The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, has declared that Soludo won all the 21 local government areas of the State.
Announcing the results at the INEC headquarters in Awka on Sunday, Omoregie said: “The number of registered voters was 2,788,864, while accredited voters were 598,229. The total valid votes stood at 584,054, rejected votes were 11,244, and the total votes cast amounted to 595,298.
“After collating the results as tallied into Form EC8E, it is now my privilege to declare the figures each candidate scored according to their political parties.
“There were a few areas affected by incidents, leading to cancellations in some wards across Anambra West, Anaocha, Awka South, and Onitsha South LGAs, amounting to 10,481 affected votes. However, the margin of lead between the top candidates did not affect the overall outcome of the election.
“I, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, Returning Officer for the 2025 Anambra State Governorship Election, hereby declare that the election was peaceful. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, having scored 422,664 votes — the highest number of valid votes cast and having satisfied the requirements of the law — is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”
08:30am: Soludo Wins!
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has been declared the winner of the Anambra State governorship election on Saturday, November 8, 2025.
Soludo won all the state’s 21 local government areas to secure his second term in office.
The announcement of results began around midnight on Sunday. It continued until 6 a.m., under the supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edogah Omoregie, along with other INEC officials, party agents, and journalists.
From the results announced, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Soludo, emerged victorious in all 21 local government areas in a landslide.
With the final results from all 21 LGAs, APGA secured 422,664 votes, followed by the All Progressives Congress with 99,445 votes, the Labour Party with 10,505 votes, and the Peoples Democratic Party with 1,401 votes.
03:27am: NNEWI NORTH LGA
Registered voters -166291
Accredited voters -29323
A-14
AA-2
AAC-10
ADC-553
APC-541
APGA-20320
APM-36
APP-3
BP-7
LP-1140
NNPP-21
NRM-5
PDP-45
SDP-3
YPP-1100
ZLP-15
03:21am: ANYAMELUM LGA
Registered voters -96433
Accredited voters -24544
A-4
AA-1
AAC -9
ADC-470
APC-7478
APGA-13340
APM-15
APP-2
BP-3
LP-117
NNPP-3
NRM-2
PDP-13
SDP-9
YPP-2500
ZLP -25
03:13am: ANAMBRA EAST LGA
Registered voters 108643
Accredited 25431
A-10
AA-13
AAC-12
ADC-157
APC-3108
APGA-14665
APM-44
APP-7
BP-10
LP-304
NNPP-4
NRM-0
PDP-207
SDP-24
YPP-6153
ZLP-47
03:08am: Oyi LGA
Registered Voters -114439
Accredited voters -30855
A-6
AA-3
AAC-13
ADC-167
APC-5118
APGA-18882
APM-27
APP-3
BP-12
LP-3641
NNPP-9
NRM-2
PDP-16
SDP-4
YPP-2093
ZLP-54
03:00am: Orumba North LGA
Registered voters 102817
Accredited voters 29565
A-4
AA-26
AAC-7
ADC-115
APC-2615
APGA-24664
APM-16
APP-2
BP-0
LP-131
NNPP-2
NRM-0
PDP-17
SDP-6
YPP-1519
ZLP-11
02:54am: Orumba South LGA
Registered Voters -88701
Accredited voters -24274
A-6
AA-5
AAC-9
ADC-361
APC-2828
APGA-19818
APM-20
APP-2
BP-2
LP-16
NNPP-1
NRM-0
PDP-18
SDP-34
YPP-877
ZLP-4
02:47am: AGUATA LGA
Registered voters -154687
Accredited voters-43714
A-22
AA-16
AAC-10
ADC-36
APC-4125
APGA-35559
APM-41
APP-4
BP-5
LP-124
NNPP-5
NRM-2
PDP-82
SDP-4
YPP-2746
ZLP-22
02:40am: Awka North LGA
Registered 84,105
Accredited 21783
A-11
AA-24
AAC-9
ADC-815
APC-3661
APGA-15895
APM-37
APP-3
BP-1
LP-299
NNPP-7
NRM-1
PDP-203
SDP-4
YPP-308
ZLP-13
02:35am: Njikoka LGA
119,605 registered
20907 accredited
ADC-236
APC-5687
APGA-22213
LP-311
PDP-47
02:30am: Election result of Dunukofia LGA
21438-Accredited voters
AAC-7
ADC 232
APC-3284
APGA 14892
Lp-71
PDP 16
Valid votes 21102
Total votes cast: 21386
5:30pm: Soludo Wins Polling Unit
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, has won his Polling Unit 002, Umuezeadigo Street, Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, in Saturday’s governorship election.
Soludo polled a total of 417 votes, while his closest rival, the APC candidate, received four votes, and the Accord candidate secured just one vote.
The result was officially announced at 5:30 p.m. by the Presiding Officer, Miss Obiorah Anwulike.
03:50pm: APC’s Governorship Candidate, Nicholas Ukachukwu Wins Peter Obi’s Polling Unit
At the polling unit, Ukachukwu from the APC got 73 votes, defeating George Moghalu of the Labour Party, who gained 57 votes.
APGA came third with 38 votes.
03:34pm: JUST IN: George Moghalu Loses His Polling Unit
Results have been trickling in as Labour Party governorship candidate George Moghalu has lost his polling unit to the incumbent governor, APGA’s Charles Soludo.
Below is the result;
APGA: 57
LP: 22
APC: 5
Invalid: 1
Registered voters: 463
Accredited voters: 86
03:30pm: Sorting and Counting of Votes Begins
Voting has officially been concluded in some wards across Anambra State. Information coming in now reveals that counting has kicked off already in some wards as the citizens expect results of the Anambra Decides.
02:05pm: Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has cast his vote at PU 002, ward 13, Ofiyi Square, Isuofia, Aguata LGA.
12:24pm: George Moghalu, the Labour Party governorship candidate has voted at his polling unit 017 in Uruagu Ward 1, Nnewi North LGA.
Shortly after voting, Moghalu expressed concern over reports of vote-buying in parts of the state.
“The situation is scandalous and very embarrassing. The issue of vote-buying is no more a speculation. It happened very aggressively in the last by-election. This time around, I’ve been receiving reports of the same thing happening,” he said
12:03pm: Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential election candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has voted at Umudimakasi Agulu Ward 2 Polling Unit 8.
Speaking to journalists after voting, he said, “Unfortunately, those who are the victims of bad governance seem to be the ones fuelling it. I have moved around, listened, and observed what’s happening. What you see predominantly is vote buying, on a scale of ₦30,000, ₦20,000, ₦15,000.
“The question I ask is this: a young person who is unemployed, if he sells his vote for ₦30,000, what will he be paid next month when there’s no election?”
11:47 am: The APC Candidate, Nicholas Ukachukwu has voted at his polling unit, Osumenyi Ward 2, polling unit 012.
10:35am: BREAKING! Voting Buying is Going on in Anambra State– Labour Party
Yunusa Tanko, national coordinator of Obidient movement has claimed that the Anambra governorship election has been “heavily monetised”. However, he said the Labour Party does not have the money to engage in vote buying. Tanko made this known this known while addressing journalists at the Uruagu community in Nnewi North LGA.
08:55am: Voting is ongoing at PU 003, Ward 07, Nnobi, Idemili South LGA
08:40am: Voting is already underway at PU10 and PU11, Ward 3, Port Harcourt Road, Fegge, Onitsha LGA
08:33am: Accreditations have begun at PU13, Ward 5, Fegge, St John Primary School, Onitsha LGA.
08:30am: Accreditations have started at PU 12, Ward 8, Nnobi South LGA. Voting is yet to start for the Anambra Decides in the polling Unit.
08:33am: Voting has begun at polling Unit 006 located in Obi’s Palace, Umumunna Amakwa, Ozubulu Ward 01 at Ekwusigo LGA.
08:31am: Accreditation and voting have commenced at RA 10: Enugwu Ukwu II, PU 003 & PU 004, Njikoka LGA.
08:30am: Accreditation has already begun in many wards across Anambra State.
Prospective voters awaiting accreditation and voting at Ward 002 Isuofia, Aguata LG.
07:00am: All eyes are on Anambra State as voters head to the polls today, Saturday November 8, 2025, for the governorship election. After months of campaigning and preparations by a total of 16 candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Anambra Decides showdown is underway to determine who will lead the state for the next four years.
Those cleared by INEC include Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), and John Nwosu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Also cleared by INEC are George Moghalu of the Labour Party (LP), Echezona Oti of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Ms. Chioma Ifemeludike of the African Action Congress (AAC), Jeff Nweke of Action Alliance (AA), Charles Onyeze of Accord Party (AP), Geoff Onyejegbu of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and Jude Ezenwafor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Others are Chukwudubem Nweke of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Jerry Okeke of the Boot Party (BP), Ndidi Olieh of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), Martin Ugwoji of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and Vincent Chukwurah of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Civil society coalitions, such as Yiaga Africa, have deployed hundreds of observers to monitor the election’s integrity, results verification, logistics, and adherence to rules.
As Anambra Decides, INEC promised a free, fair, and credible election.
Joash Amupitan, Chairman of INEC, disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, following three days of stakeholder engagements in Anambra State.
“Our mission is clear: to ensure that every vote counts, that the will of the people prevails, and that the process is peaceful and credible,” Amupitan said.
INEC assured that neutrality and professionalism would be maintained throughout the exercise. “Impunity will not be tolerated,” the Chairman warned.
“Democracy only thrives when citizens actively choose their leaders. Anambra must demonstrate the strength of its democracy by voting peacefully and massively,” he added.
Below is a short profile of some of the candidates;
Chukwuma Soludo — APGA
Soludo is the current Governor of Anambra, seeking his second term
Soludo is an economist, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and a professor with a first-class degree, master’s, and doctorate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Nicholas Ukachukwu — APC
Ukachukwu is the APC governorship candidate for the Anambra election.
He began his political career in 1997 when he was elected executive chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). In 1999, he was elected to the House of Representatives, representing the AMAC/Bwari federal constituency under the PDP, serving until 2003.
Jude Ezenwafor — PDP
Ezenwafor is the PDP governorship candidate in the contest. He is an Abuja-based real estate developer who emerged unopposed as PDP’s flag-bearer and has described his nomination as “divine” and mandate-driven.
He has served as senior special assistant to Willie Obiano, a former governor of the state, and held a similar role on political matters under former governor Peter Obi.
George Moghalu — LP
The LP candidate is a former managing director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and served previously as the national auditor of the APC.
Chioma Ifemeludike — African Action Congress (AAC)
Ifemeludike is the only woman among the candidates. She is the governorship candidate of AAC.
The former Nollywood actress, producer, and activist has launched a grassroots campaign targeting youth empowerment, talent hunting, and inclusion of marginalised groups.
Paul Chukwuma — Young Progressives Party (YPP)
The YPP governorship candidate for the Anambra election is a businessman-entrepreneur turned politician from Ihiala.
He emerged as a YPP candidate after leaving the APC aspirant race. Chukwuma is the pro-chancellor of Olivia University in Burundi.
Chuma Nwosu — African Democratic Congress (ADC)
The ADC governorship candidate for the poll has been touring the state, promising a one-term governance mandate alongside job creation and anti-corruption commitments.
Nwosu’s campaign is grassroots-focused, engaging communities, markets, and villages directly with a message centred on transparency, inclusion, and results-oriented leadership.
