{"id":53210,"date":"2021-11-11T16:22:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T15:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=53210"},"modified":"2021-11-11T16:17:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T15:17:49","slug":"anambra-election-atiku-ben-bruce-congratulate-soludo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/anambra-election-atiku-ben-bruce-congratulate-soludo","title":{"rendered":"Anambra election: Atiku, Ben Bruce congratulate Soludo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President of Nigeria has congratulated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as govenor-elect for Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>Soludo polled 112, 229 votes to defeat his closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 53, 807.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku on his Twitter page said, \u201cIt is rewarding that the citizens of Anambra ultimately took their destiny into their hands during the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was peaceful and devoid of political violence. I congratulate Prof Charles Soludo on his election as governor of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe greatest winners are Ndi Anambra and the institutions that worked in concert to ensure, warts and all, the success of the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, Ben Murray Bruce, a former Bayelsa Senator tweeted, \u201cHearty congratulations to my friend, the incoming governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour victory at the just concluded elections is proof that you\u2019re the peoples choice, and even the hitch couldn\u2019t change this. Now it\u2019s time to unite and take Anambra even further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anambra people made an excellent choice \u2013 Ngige reacts to Soludo\u2019s guber victory<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President of Nigeria has congratulated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as govenor-elect for Anambra State. Soludo polled 112, 229 votes to defeat his closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 53, 807. 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