Anambra Guber: Ngige Emerges APC Flagbearer

Former governor of Anambra State and senator representing Anambra Central Senatoral zone, Dr. Chris Ngige, was last night elected the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 16 Anambra State governorship election.
He polled a total of 63, 255 votes to defeat his only challenger, Mr. Godwin Ezeemo, who scored a total of 9, 564 votes.
Ngige was declared the APC gubernatorial flagbearer by the chairman of the party’s national electoral committee and former Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, whose committee collated results of the primaries from the 326 wards in the 21 local government areas of the state at Emmaus House, Awka, the state capital.
Other members of the committee included former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Senator Osita Izunaso and the interim deputy national chairman of the party, Senator Annie Okonkwo.

However, Ezeemo, expressed regret that all his efforts to ensure that the party provided a level playing ground for him and Ngige in the primaries failed, alleging that the election was deliberately structured by the leadership of the party to favour his opponent.
He, however, stated that he was happy that he satisfied his conscience by participating and wished the party well.
In his acceptance speech , Ngige described the outcome of the primaries as “no victor, no vanquished,” stating that it was a family affair. He urged all members of the party to work hard to see that he was elected to Government House Awka, “otherwise all of you here will have to remain in opposition till the next eight years,” he said.