Independent National Electoral Commission has issued certificates of return to the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, and his deputy, Onyekachukwu Ibezim.
The certificates were presented to them by the Supervising INEC National Commissioner in charge of the Anambra State election, Kenneth Ikeagu, on Tuesday in Awka, two days after Soludo and his deputy were declared winners of the poll.
The issuance of the certificates of return officially confirms Soludo and Ibezim as the re-elected Governor and Deputy Governor of Anambra State.
While presenting the certificates, Ikeagu stated that the exercise was in line with Section 72(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, which mandates the commission to issue a certificate of return within 14 days to every candidate duly returned by the returning officer under the Act.
He noted that the presentation marks the official conclusion of the 2025 Anambra governorship election process.
Governor Soludo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the November 8, 2025 election, was declared winner of the poll on Sunday.
The Returning Officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Edoba Omoregie, announced the result at the INEC collation centre in Awka.
Governor Soludo polled a total of 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, who scored 99,445 votes.
The candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Paul Chukwuma, garnered 37,753 votes to place third.
According to INEC, 16 candidates from 16 political parties participated in the election.
Daily Source gathered that the state had a total of 2,788,864 registered voters, out of which 598,229 were accredited for the election.
A total of 595,298 votes were cast, while 11,244 votes were rejected across the 21 local government areas of the state.
From the results announced, Soludo, the APGA candidate, won in all 21 local government areas in a landslide victory.
The governor and his deputy were accompanied to the state INEC headquarters by their wives during the presentation ceremony.
