Nigeria, Nov. 9 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) the winner of the Anambra Governorship Election.

The INEC Returning Officer for the election, Edoba Omoregie, vice chancellor of the University of Benin, announced this on Sunday morning at the state collation centre in Awka, the state capital.

Mr Omoregie, a professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said Mr Soludo scored 422,664 votes to defeat his closest challenger and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nicholas Ukachukwu, who polled 99,445 votes.

He said the Labour Party candidate, George Moghalu, came third with 10,576 votes, while his counterpart from the African...