Soludo, APC’s Ukachukwu, PDP’s Ezenwafor, Moghalu of LP and ADC’s Nwosu are the front-runners in the governorship race.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Sixteen governorship candidates and political parties will be participating in the Anambra State off-cycle gubernatorial election scheduled for today, Saturday, November 8, 2025.
The Southeastern state is one of the eight states where elections are held outside of the general election timetable in Nigeria.
Other states in this category are Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo, Osun, Ondo, Edo, and Ekiti.
Anambra joined the off-cycle governorship election after a Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu on March 17, 2006, sacked Chris Ngige, a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) whom the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the winner of the state governorship election, and installed Peter Obi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), following a two-year tribunal case.
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According to INEC, sixteen candidates and parties have been cleared by the electoral umpire to participate in this year’s election.
They include Onyeeze Chidi (A), Nweke Ezechukwu Japhet (AA), Ifemeludike Chioma Grace (AAC), Nwosu Chima John (ADC), Ukachukwu Nicholas (APC), Soludo Charles (APGA), Otti Cyprian Echezona (APM), Nweke Christopher Chukwudubem (APP), Okeke Chika Jerry (BP), Moghalu George (LP), Onyejgbu Geoffrey (NNPP), Ndidi Christy Olieh (NRM), Ezenwafor Jude (PDP), Chukwurah Vincent (SDP), Chukwuma Paul Chukwuka (YPP), and Ugwoji Uchenna (ZLP).
The incumbent governor and APGA candidate, Soludo Charles, All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Ukachukwu Nicholas, PDP’s Ezenwafor Jude, Moghalu George of Labour Party (LP), and Nwosu Chima John of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are believed to be the front-runners in the governorship race.
Over two million voters are eligible to vote in the 5,720 polling units across the 21 local government areas of the state.
