Tag: Soludo

Anambra: INEC Bio-metric Voters Accreditation System a complete failure – Soludo laments

Aminu Imam

The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, (APGA), Charles Soludo, has described the INEC Biometric Voters Accreditation System, (BVAS), as a complete failure. Soludo felt highly disappointed when he arrived at his polling unit in PU Isuofia, Aguata LGA to cast his vote on Saturday afternoon. Since the opening of the poll at 002, Ward, Ofiyi Square, where the former CBN boss was to cast his vote, the BVAS has been epileptic and inconsistent, thereby contributing to the growing concerns of the waiting electorates. The Professor arrived at…

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Anambra election: Soludo is APGA’s guber candidate – Supreme Court declares

Aminu Imam

…Three helicopters, 34,587 Police to be deployed The Supreme Court of Nigeria yesterday affirmed Prof. Charles Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), in Anambra State. The Anambra Governorship election will take place on November 6, 2021. An e-man panel unanimously upheld the judgment of the Kano State Division of the Court of Appeal, which validated the primary election that produced Soludo. The panel, which was chaired by  Justice Mary Odili, also affirmed Victor Oye as the chairman of the party. The apex court said…

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Court reinstates Soludo as APGA candidate for Anambra guber election

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court, sitting in Awka, the Anambra capital, has affirmed Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), ahead of the governorship election in the State. Soludo, who belongs to the Victor Oye-led faction of APGA, had secured 740 votes to defeat Ezenwankwo Christopher who polled 41 votes, while ThankGod Ibe had four votes, and Okolo Chibuzor got seven votes. But in the list published on July 16, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), picked…

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Atiku-Soludo 2023 posters flood Abuja

Aminu Imam

…’Posters sign of desperation’ – APGA The 2023 campaign posters featuring former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, have flooded Abuja, the Nigerian capital, at the weekend. The Atiku-Soludo posters, which were printed in different designs and colours, were sighted in Garki, Maitama, and other strategic locations in the nation’s capital. Those behind the campaign posters claimed that the Atiku-Soludo alliance would salvage Nigeria’s situation and save the country from collapse. Recall that Atiku was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in…

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Anambra: Ex CBN governor, Soludo escapes gunmen attack at hometown rally, 2 cops killed

Aminu Imam

Former Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, now running for Anambra governorship post, narrowly escaped death yesterday, when gunmen opened fire at a campaign event in his hometown. Two of his security aides, all policemen, were not so lucky. They were killed by the attackers, a report by Anambra Broadcasting Service. Also, the State’s Commissioner for Public Utilities, Emeka Ezenwanne, was reportedly kidnapped by the gunmen. The attack happened at the Isuofia community, in Aguata local government area of Anambra State, where Soludo was addressing youths; the…

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Anambra 2021: Former CBN governor, Soludo, declares guber ambition

Aminu Imam

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has declared his intention to run for the governorship of Anambra in the November 6 poll. Recall that Soludo would be running on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Declaring his ambition on Thursday in Awka, he said he had been a party man since 2013 and would be better, if APGA offered him the ticket. He promised to achieve victory for the party, hoping to leverage his international connections to transform the State, saying that…

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