• Chairman of INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan, on several occasions, reaffirmed the agency’s readiness for the Anambra state governorship election
• The 2025 Anambra gubernatorial election took place on November 8 to elect the governor of the state
• As of the time of this report, over 94% results have been uploaded to the Election Result Viewing Portal (IReV)

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering elections, politics, and governance in Nigeria and Africa.

Awka, Anambra state – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded over 94% of results in the Anambra governorship election on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV).

A check by Legit.ng on Saturday evening, November 8, on the IReV portal as of 6:38 PM on Saturday, November 8, indicates that results from 5,433 polling units have been uploaded on the portal from the 5,720 polling units where the election took place in the south-east state.

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This is coming barely four hours after the exercise was held across the 21 local government areas (LGA) of Anambra state.

The election, which began around 8 am, was peaceful across the state. However, there were reports or incidents of vote-buying and low voter turnout.

Several candidates, including incumbent Governor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the All Progressives Congress (APC’s) Nicholas Ukachukwu, among others, also alleged vote-buying.

An observer with the Situation Room, Dimma Nwobi, equally reported cases of vote-buying.

INEC said 2,802,790 registered voters were expected. 16 candidates are contesting, including Governor Soludo (APGA), Ukachukwu, Paul Chukwuma (YPP), George Moghalu (LP), and Jude Ezenwafor (PDP), among others.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that LP’s Moghalu lost his polling unit to APGA’s Governor Soludo.

The result of Moghalu’s polling unit was announced by the presiding officer of the polling unit, Okonkwo Ebere, after the election was concluded.

Moghalu, who voted at Uruagu Ward 1 in Nnewi North LGA, secured 22 votes. APC’s Ukachukwu scored just 5 votes, while Soludo polled 57 votes to win the polling unit.

Source: Legit.ng