Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, claims that the outcomes of the by-elections held in the South-East state on Saturday demonstrate that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Labour Party (LP) are “non-existent” and “dead” in the state.
At an event held in the state’s Nanka region on Sunday to commemorate the All Progressives Grand Alliance’s (APGA) victory in Saturday’s by-elections, the governor made this statement. By claiming that the ADC does not exist in the state, Soludo poked fun at Peter Obi, one of his predecessors who supported ADC candidates in the by-elections.
“ADC does not exist in Anambra. We showed it yesterday (Saturday). To the applause of his fellow party members, who were decked out in various APGA decorations bearing the party’s symboli cock, Soludo declared, “Labour Party is dead”
According to the governor, the ADC opposition coalition sought to gauge its support in the Anambra by-election, but “the people spoke overwhelmingly with over 75%.” Our movement is APGA”
In an attempt to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election, Obi, a member of the Labour Party, has aligned himself with the ADC coalition. Soludo has opposed the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate’s single-term bid, which aims to win the presidency in 2027.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Emmanuel Nwachukwu of the APGA had won the Anambra South Senatorial District in Saturday’s state by-elections. With 90,408 votes, Nwachukwu defeated Donald Amangbo of the ADC with 2,889 votes and Azuka Okwuosa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with 19,847 votes.
Nwachukwu would succeed Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of Anambra South, who passed away in July 2024. Additionally, Ifeoma Azikiwe of the APGA was proclaimed the victor of the Anambra State House of Assembly by-election for Onitsha North Constituency 1 by INEC.
Speaking to APGA members on Sunday, Soludo stated that the Onitsha North Constituency “just so happens to be the constituency of the former Labour Party presidential candidate.” He resides in Onitsha, which is his state constituency.
Soludo said, “And 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.
“They wanted to use it as a test case for the new concoction called ADC in Anambra, but that election was won by APGA; we won with about 77%, a very emphatic statement. The signal we sent was that both ADC and Labour Party are dead in Anambra”
On the platform of the APGA, Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is running for reelection as governor of Anambra in the state’s governorship election on November 8, 2025.
The governor of Anambra recently visited the president in Abuja and declared that he has no regrets about his friendship with the first citizen, which dates back more than two decades.
