Mr. Nicholas Ukachukwu has secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination for the Anambra State governorship election, scheduled for November 2025. He emerged victorious in the party’s primary election held on Saturday, okay.ng reports.
Ukachukwu defeated his main contender, Valentine Ozigbo, by a significant margin. He garnered 1,455 votes, while Ozigbo received 67 votes.
The Anambra governorship election is a key off-cycle election in Nigeria. Governor Chukwuma Soludo has already secured the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) nomination, setting the stage for a competitive race.
In his acceptance speech, Ukachukwu pledged to deliver Anambra State to the APC. “We shall deliver Anambra to the APC,” he declared. “One thing I want to say here, nobody has won the governorship of Anambra without my support; it has never happened before. I have been playing godfatherism, but now I want to be the father of the father, no more godfather.”
