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Buhari congratulates Soludo on Anambra governorship victory
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo.
Soludo, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), was announced winner of the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra.
He beat the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Valentine Ozigbo; All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba and the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Senator Ifeanyi Uba, and 14 other candidates of various political parties, to win the election concluded early Wednesday morning.
President Buhari, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, enjoined Soludo, a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Committee, to rally other stakeholders to tackle the enormous challenges confronting Anambra State and the Southeast in general.
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He praised the security agencies for their determination to ensure that the election went on as smoothly as possible, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the successful conclusion of the exercise “despite the initial challenges encountered”.
Adesina said the “President looks forward to working with the incoming governor for the peace, security and development of not only Anambra State, but the entire country”.