Nigeria, Nov. 9 -- The flag bearer of the Labour Party in Saturday's gubernatorial election in Anambra State, George Moghalu, has lost in his Local Government Area (LGA), Nnewi North.

Mr Moghalu lost the election in the LGA to his All Progressive Grand Alliance rival and the current governor of the state, Charles Soludo, according to the outcome of the poll tracked by PREMIUM TIMES.

The Labour Party candidate recorded 1,140 votes to take a distant third position behind Mr Soludo, who polled 20,320 votes, and the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Nicholas Ukachukwu, who scored 5,441 votes.

Sixteen political parties are in the race for the governorship seat in the state.

Out of the 166,291 registered voters in the LGA, 29,323 w...